On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
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On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys were swallowed whole, only to reemerge on corners and prison tiers.

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