In a word, incredible. I blew through this book. The picture he paints is powerful and inspiring and tragic. 
 Coates' atheism doesn't leave a lot of room for silver lining, but that bleak philosophy is precisely what drives the intensity of his call to action. There is no silver lining to the injustice that was wrought in the 250 years of American slavery, or the systemic racism that has followed in its wake. 
 There is more I could say about this book, but I can't do it justice at this moment. 
 This is a book I expect to return to again, in life. Go read it.