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Essayist Who Revived Argument for Reparations to Visit DuSable Museum

By Sam Cholke | November 6, 2014 6:14am
 Essayist Ta-Nehisi Coates will speak at the DuSable Museum on Nov. 13.
Essayist Ta-Nehisi Coates will speak at the DuSable Museum on Nov. 13.
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HYDE PARK — Author Ta-Nehisi Coates, best known for making the case for reparations for African-Americans, will be the featured speaker at the DuSable Museum of African American History.

Coates, an essayist and author, caught the museum's attention when he wrote a cover story for The Atlantic reviving the case for reparations.

He will speak at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 13 at the museum, 740 E. 56th Place, as part of the ”Spirits of the Passage: Transatlantic Slave Trade in the 17th Century” exhibit.

Tickets are $10 and available here.

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