When Malcolm X Met Robert Penn Warren
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Aug 28, 2015
3 minutes
Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.
If you have a moment, check out this interviewbetween two of the more interesting minds of the 20th century. In 1965, Robert Penn Warren published a book called in which he interviewed a number of prominent African-Americans. Warren was one of the giants of 20 century literature, and a reformed white supremacist who came to regret his views.
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