PBS newshour. Memory is a superpower in Ta-Nehisi Coates' novel about the Underground Railroad / [produced by NewsHour Productions].

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Coates, Ta-Nehisi, interviewee.

Brown, Jeffrey, 1956- interviewer.

NewsHour Productions, publisher, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coates, Ta-Nehisi--Interviews.

Coates, Ta-Nehisi.

Coates, Ta-Nehisi. Water dancer.

Slavery--United States--History.

Slavery.

Slavery--United States--Public opinion.

Genre:

Interviews.

Television news programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (6 minutes)

Other Title:

PBS newshour. Canvas. Memory is a superpower in Ta-Nehisi Coates’ novel about the Underground Railroad

Canvas. Memory is a superpower in Ta-Nehisi Coates’ novel about the Underground Railroad

Place of Publication:

[Arlington, Virginia] : NewsHour Productions, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

To make the case for reparations for the toll of slavery, acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates has offered forceful advocacy and a powerful data-driven argument. With his first novel, "The Water Dancer," he uses fiction to illuminate the Underground Railroad. Coates joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the difference between history and myth, and his protagonist's superpower.

Participant:

Interviewee: Ta-Nehisi Coates ; interviewer: Jeffrey Brown.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed July 27, 2023).

OCLC:

1393275282