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Ta-Nehisi Coates
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates (/ˌtɑːnəˈhɑːsi/TAH-nə-HAH-see; (born September 30, 1975) is an American author, journalist, and activist. He gained a wide readership as a national correspon…
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Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates (/ˌtɑːnəˈhɑːsi/TAH-nə-HAH-see; (born September 30, 1975) is an American author, journalist, and activist. He gained a wide readership as a national correspondent at The Atlantic, where he wrote about cultural, social, and political issues, particularly regarding African Americans and white supremacy. In 2015, Coates received a MacArthur Fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation. His work has been published in numerous periodicals. He has published four nonfiction books: The Beautiful Struggle(2008), Between the World and Me(2015), We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy (2017), and The Message (2024). Between the World and Me won the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction. He has also written a Black Panther and Captain America series for Marvel Comics. His first novel, The Water Dancer, was published in 2019. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ta-Nehisi Coates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
When a Witness Recants
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
Born in the Struggle
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2021
Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard
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2021
What If...?
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2021
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
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2021
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
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2020
Between the World and Me
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2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
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2019
Oprah's Book Club
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2018
Explained
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2018
Black Panther
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2017
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
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2014
Dungeons & Dragons: A Documentary
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2012
Finding Your Roots
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1997
The View
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1996
The Daily Show
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1954
Face the Nation
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The Water Dancer
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