This NewsHour program features an interview with acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, who has offered forceful advocacy and powerful data-driven argument for reparations for slavery. With his first novel, The Water Dancer, Coates uses fiction to illuminate the Underground Railroad. In this interview, he joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the difference between history and myth, and his protagonist's superpower.

Originally released by NewsHour Productions LLC, 2019. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 06, 2023.