In an interview at the New York Public Library, Ta-Nehisi Coates provided examples of books that were crucial to his development. Here are some of the titles owned by Los Rios Libraries:
American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia by 
Baldwin - Collected Essays by 
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by 
Family Properties: How the Struggle over Race and Real Estate Transformed Chicago and Urban America by 
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by 
Ida: A Sword among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign against Lynching by 
Making the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago, 1940-1960 by 
Out of the House of Bondage: The Transformation of the Plantation Household by 
Racecraft by 
Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination that Changed America by 
When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America by In this historic debate, which was a significant influence on Coates, James Baldwin and William F. Buckley debate the question "Is the American Dream at the expense of the American Negro?"
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Selected essays, reviews, and responses about the book:
The Atlantic hosted a book club discussion of Between the World and Me in three parts:
In 2015, The Atlantic published "Letter to My Son," adapted from Between the World and Me. Readers were invited to respond to Coates with stories of the racism they had experienced. Their experiences were then published in a four-part series:
Additional Articles by Coates:
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood by 
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Provided courtesy of the Paul Robeson Library at Rutgers University-Camden, with a special thanks to librarian, Zara Wilkinson!
