![]() ![]() 6 conversation between Coates and Blight, the Class of 1954 Professor of American History, was all about honoring the historian’s latest achievement: his critically-acclaimed biography of the famous abolitionist and orator “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.” Sponsored in part by the Belonging at Yale initiative, Coates and Blight’s discussion about the book was hosted at the Yale University Art Gallery by the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, one of the many programs supported by the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale. “And it’s also the reason I’m sitting here now - to honor David Blight,” said Coates. ![]() He added that he even credits this audited course with inspiring three out of the eight essays collected in his own most recently published book, “ We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy” (2017). He soon stumbled upon the then newly published Yale Open Courses audio for Blight’s renowned Yale class, “The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877.” Listening to Blight’s lectures “altered my path as a journalist and as a writer,” said Coates. Carter Journalism Institute - confessed to a packed Yale Art Gallery auditorium that he first became aware of Yale historian David Blight around 2008 while seeking educationally enriching background audio for his steady videogaming habit.Ĭoates had an intense interest in Civil War history and began looking for the best recorded university lecture courses on the subject. Ta-Nehisi Coates - bestselling author and distinguished writer in residence at New York University’s Arthur L. ![]()
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