Penn Valley Common Read: Ta-Nehisi Coates

"Between the World and Me" author Ta-Nehisi Coates joins “CBS Mornings” to discuss Banned Books Week and the dangers of censoring books. Plus, he shares his reaction to one of his own books being banned. CBS, September 2021.

Ta-Nehisi Coates spoke at ANTIDOTE 2018 with Richard Fidler. September 2018.

'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. Coates discusses this on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. October 2017.

Video of Ta-Nehisi Coates as guest lecturer at West Point. April 2017.

Mr. Coates joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss president Obama's legacy on race. December 2016.

Speech given by Ta-Nehisi Coates the day after the 2016 Presidential Election. November 2016.

NPR's Terry Gross interviews Ta-Nehisi Coates about his book Between the World and Me, and related issues. July 2015

Javon Johnson, performing at the 2013 National Poetry Slam.

Levi Harrington was lynched on April 3, 1882, in the West Bottoms of Kansas City, Missouri. Harrington’s lynching will be remembered with the placement of a memorial marker in West Terrace Park overlooking the West Bottoms. He will be the first Missouri lynching victim to receive a memorial, which is the result of a collaboration between The Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City, the Missouri Conference of the NAACP, Missouri Faith Voices, Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty and the Equal Justice Initiative. KCUR, December 2018.

NPR interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates about his graphic novel Black Panther. April 2016