The Beautiful Struggle

Tavis Smiley's PBS talk show is one of the better talk shows on television. Yesterday he interviewed Paul Coates and Ta-Nehisi Coates. Paul Coates is the father who is a Vietnam Vet, and started his own publishing company from his basement. He also worked at Howard University where he was able to send 5 of his 7 kids to school for free because he worked at the school. Ta-Nehisi is the son, and author of the book, "The Beautiful Struggle" he talked openly on the show about navigating through the streets of Baltimore during the initial stages of Crack and the fact that he made it through with the guidance of a forceful father who stressed education. This is not a book review, but I plan to purchase the book, and offer a review later. The link at the top is to Ta-Nehisi's blog on Amazon.