I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
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I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got into trouble, explaining exactly what I'd done and why I'd done it.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
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