Between the World and Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates
Written as a letter to his teenage son, Coates reflects on the realities of being Black in America. He discusses systemic racism, police brutality, and the American Dream as an illusion built on Black suffering. Blending personal narrative with historical analysis, he explores his own awakening to racial injustice. The book is a powerful meditation on race, identity, and the fight for dignity in a deeply unequal society.