Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes

When I see the Confederate flag, I see the attempt to raise an empire in slavery. It really, really is that simple. I don't understand how anybody with any sort of education on the Civil War can see anything else.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

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  Ta-Nehisi Coates
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  • Education
  • Simple