Backtalker: An American Memoir by Crenshaw, Kimberlé Williams Coates shares with his son—and

Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences

It is 1873

Nikki hasn’t seen her grandmother in years

Hip-Hop Is History

White women’s pain was doubted

Backtalker: An American Memoir by Crenshaw, Kimberlé Williams Coates shares with his son—andOne of the most influential public intellectuals in the world and the architect of the two biggest ideas to reshape the American conversation about fairness offers the intimate story of how her life gave birth to these ideas. It is not very often that someone comes along and permanently reshapes the way Americans think about two of the most important issues of the day. In this case: race and gender. But that is what Kimberl Crenshaw did when she