Ta-Nehisi Coates Voices His Thoughts on Mass Incarceration in Detroit and Beyond

National Book Award winner and best-selling author Ta-nehisi Coates discusses race and Detroit with Stephen Henderson

Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote what is arguably the most important book on race in a generation. “Between The World and Me” is a series of letters from a black father to his son. On Detroit Today revisit his conversation with Stephen Henderson about Detroit, incarceration, reparations, and the reality of the racial divide in The United States.  This program originally aired on September, 16, 2015. Listen here.

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