In the New York Times article "What's Your Favorite Poem," Coates shared that it is Robert Hayden's "Middle Passage."
Or, read it yourself here.
The Fire Next Time Baldwin, James Check holdings and availability at CCAC |
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Collected Essays Baldwin, James Check holdings and availability at CCAC |
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The Night of the Gun: A reporter investigates the darkest story of his life. His own. Carr, David Check holdings and availability at other libraries |
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism Baptist, Edward E. Check holdings and availability at CCAC |
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era McPherson, James Check holdings and availability at CCAC |
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Making the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago 1940-1960 |
Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America |
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Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America Haygood, Wil Check holdings and availability at other libraries |
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American Slavery, American Freedom Morgan, Edward S. Check holdings and availability at other libraries |
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Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life Fields, Barbara J. Check holdings and availability at other libraries |
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When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America Giddings, Paula J. Check holdings and availability at CCAC |
Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching Giddings, Paula J. Check holdings and availability at CCAC |
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Out of the House of Bondage: The Transformation of the Plantation Household Glymph, Thavolia Check holdings and availability at other libraries |
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Black Folk Here and There Drake, St. Clair Check holdings and availability at CCAC |
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 Judt, Tony Check holdings and availability at CCAC |
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The Thirty Years War Wedgwood, C.V. Check holdings and availability at CCAC |
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom Guralnick, Peter Check holdings and availability at CCAC |
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The Country Between Us Forche, Carolyn Check holdings and availability at CCAC |
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Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems Komunyakaa, Yusef Check holdings and availability at other libraries |
Books listed were taken from Ta-Nehisi Coates recommendations published in:
"My Ten Favorite Books: Ta-Nehisi Coates," The New York Times, 7/31/15
"Ta-Nehisi Coates's Reading List," New York Public Library, 10/23/15
"How Ta-Nehisi Coates Escaped: A Reading List," The Huffington Post, 11/3/15