When I see the Confederate flag, I see the attempt to raise an empire in slavery. It really, really is that simple. I don't understand how anybody with any sort of education on the Civil War can see anything else. Ta-Nehisi Coates attemptcivilconfederate share on social
When people think about reparations, they immediately think about people who've been dead for 100 years. Ta-Nehisi Coates deadhaveimmediately Change image and share on social
The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond to riots. The 1968 Housing Act was in large response to riots that broke out after Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. They cited these as an actual inspiration. Ta-Nehisi Coates actactualbreak share on social
African Americans are one of the oldest ethnic groups in this country. We been here since the beginning. Before the beginning. Ta-Nehisi Coates africanamericanbegin Change image and share on social
I feel like my job is to look at the world and to report what I see, to write what I see as honestly and directly as I can. I don't want to cut it or make it easy, but be as direct as I can. Ta-Nehisi Coates cutdirectdirectly Change image and share on social
I didn't start off as a journalist; I started off as a poet. My ambition was to practise poetry. Then I found journalism, but that other voice never fled from me. Ta-Nehisi Coates ambitionfindflee Change image and share on social
I'm not going to break up my family, not for a book. Ta-Nehisi Coates bookbreakfamily Change image and share on social
I love living around black people. Home is home. We suffer under racism and the physical deprivations that come with that, but beneath that, we form cultures and traditions that are beautiful. Ta-Nehisi Coates beautifulbeneathblack Change image and share on social
Forgiveness is a big part of - especially post-civil rights movement - is a big part of African-American Christianity, and I wasn't raised within the Christian church; I wasn't raised within any church. Ta-Nehisi Coates africanamericanbig share on social
Superheroes are best imagined in comic books. The union between the written word, the image, and then what your imagination has to do to connect those allows for so much. Ta-Nehisi Coates bookcomicconnect Change image and share on social