We must remember the courage of the people of Mississippi and other Jim Crow states and that the civil rights movement was an endeavor of white and black bonding.

What is this Atlantic journalist asking white people to do when it comes to the past treatment of African-Americans? Coates answers in this clip.

The journalist explains how government housing policies led blacks into the arms of fraudulent mortgage lenders and whites to dump their homes in 1960s Chicago.

The Atlantic senior editor talks about black vs. white neighborhoods, the messages we send black kids and the elementary school experience that changed him.

Bill speaks with Ta-Nehisi Coates, a senior editor for The Atlantic about his cover story on why America needs to reconcile with its racist past.

This week Bill speaks with a senior editor for The Atlantic about his forthcoming cover story on why America needs to reconcile with its racist past. Get a sneak preview.