Beautiful Struggle

This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys were swallowed whole, only to re-emerge on corners and prison tiers Ta-Nehisi Coates grew up in the tumultuous 1980`s in Baltimore known, back then as the murder capital of the United States. With seven siblings, four mothers, and one highly unconventional father: Paul Coates, a larger-than-life Vietnam Vet, Black Panther, Ta-Nehisi`s coming of age story is gripping and lays bare the troubled, often violent life of the inner-city, and the author`s experience as a young black person in it With candor, Ta-Nehisi Coates details the challenges on the streets and within one`s family, especially the eternal struggle for peace between a father and son and the important role family plays in such circumstances.