Ta-Nehisi Coates' 'unlikely road to manhood' (2009 interview)

Writer and author Ta-Nehisi Coates describes growing up with a father who was a member of the Black Panthers in his new memoir, "The Beautiful Struggle."
Originally broadcast February 18, 2009.
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