College of the Redwoods proudly presents our
2016/17 Book of the Year choice.
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
About the Author
(From Amazon’s Biography page)
Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Between the World and Me, a finalist for the National Book Award. A MacArthur “Genius Grant” fellow, Coates has received the National Magazine Award, the Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis Journalism, and the George Polk Award for his Atlantic cover story “The Case for Reparations.” He lives in New York with his wife and son.
Synopsis
(From School
Library Journal
):In a series of essays, written as a letter to his son, Coates confronts the notion of race in America and how it has shaped American history, many times at the cost of black bodies and lives. Thoughtfully exploring personal and historical events, from his time at Howard University to the Civil War, the author poignantly asks and attempts to answer difficult questions that plague modern society. In this short memoir, the Atlantic writer explains that the tragic examples of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, and those killed in South Carolina are the results of a systematically constructed and maintained assault to black people—a structure that includes slavery, mass incarceration, and police brutality as part of its foundation. From his passionate and deliberate breakdown of the concept of race itself to the importance of the Black Lives Matter movement, Coates powerfully sums up the terrible history of the subjugation of black people in the United States. A timely work, this title will resonate with all teens—those who have experienced racism as well as those who have followed the recent news coverage on violence against people of color.
Read Reviews of this book:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/17/books/review/ta-nehisi-coates-between-the-world-and-me.html?_r=0
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/tanehisi-coates-between-the-world-and-me/397619/
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2015/07/between_the_world_and_me_by_ta_nehisi_coates_reviewed.html
Events
Eureka Campus
February 21-24:
Mary Cory March: The San Francisco-based artist will have an interactive art piece in the the library focusing on themes from the Book of the Year Between the World and Me. She will invite participation from the community from Feb. 20th – 24th. In addition, she will give an artist talk on Feb. 23rd, 6-8:00 p.m. in the Performing Arts Theater. The talk is free and open to the public. For more information about the artist, please visit her website.
February 21st, 6:00 pm in the Performing Arts Theater
The Book of the Year Committee, in coordination with the Black Student Union, will show the documentary 13th. In this thought-provoking documentary, scholars, activists, and politicians analyze the criminalization of African Americans and the US prison boom. Free and open to the public.
February 28th, 6:00-7:30 pm
Liz Smith, local NAACP leader for Eureka, will speak on local and national racial issues relevant to Between the World and Me.
Del Norte Campus
February 9th, 6:00 pm in Room 29
The Book of the Year Committee, in coordination with the Black Student Union, will show the documentary 13th. In this thought-provoking documentary, scholars, activists, and politicians analyze the criminalization of African Americans and the US prison boom. Free and open to the public.
Klamath Trinity Campus
Date/time to be determined
The Book of the Year Committee, in coordination with the Black Student Union, will show the documentary 13th. In this thought-provoking documentary, scholars, activists, and politicians analyze the criminalization of African Americans and the US prison boom. Free and open to the public.