Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Biography: 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.

Department: Writing

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Birthday: September 30, 1975

Age: 49 years old

Gender: Male

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Dungeons & Dragons: A Documentary
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Between the World and Me
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Born in the Struggle
Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard