Summary
"For Ta-Nehisi Coates, history has always been personal. At every stage of his life, he's sought in his explorations of history answers to the mysteries that surrounded him -- most urgently, why he, and other black people he knew, seemed to live in fear. What were they afraid of? In Tremble for My C... Full description
- Prologue : the talk
- PART 1. BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME. The changes
- The second change : Malcolm and the body
- The third change : Mecca and the death of mythology
- PART 2. THE SOOTY DETAILS OF THE SCENE. The fourth change : New York and the death of mercy
- The fifth change : Gettysburg and the long war
- The sixth change : Chicago and the streets
- PART 3. A GRASSY CLEARING. The seventh change : eyes open to the world
- The eighth change : the blast
- Epilogue : into the world.