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Teaching and Learning About Martin Luther King Jr. with the New York Times

By The Learning Network — 2020

How do you celebrate and teach the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., both on the holiday that celebrates his birth, and all year long?

Read on www.nytimes.com

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We Were Eight Years in Power

“We were eight years in power” was the lament of Reconstruction-era black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended with the return of white supremacist rule in the South.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates
2025
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Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Full Opening Statement on Reparations at House Hearing

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates told lawmakers at a House committee hearing that the debate over reparations is “a dilemma of inheritance.”

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Ta-Nehisi Coates
2019
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Fear and the Black Experience

The author of "Between the World and Me" began his book tour at historic Union Baptist Church in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates
2015
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates (a staffer for "The Atlantic" and author of a memoir, "The Beautiful Struggle") has become one of the most powerful writers today.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates
2015
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“People Were Not Slaves, They Were Enslaved” | Ta-Nehisi Coates | Google Zeitgeist 2019

Editor-in-Chief of HuffPost Lydia Polgreen interviews journalist and novelist Ta-Nehisi Coates on the enduring legacy of slavery in the US.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates
2019
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The Enduring Myth of Black Criminality

Ta-Nehisi Coates explores how mass incarceration has affected African American families.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates
2015
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Coleman Hughes vs Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Ta-Nehisi Coates
2019
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: Trump Is the First White President

‘We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy’ author Ta-Nehisi Coates has his own definition of ‘whiteness’ and it has nothing to do with one’s race.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates
2017
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We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

“We were eight years in power” was the lament of Reconstruction-era black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended with the return of white supremacist rule in the South.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates
2017
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Between the World and Me

In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates
2015
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