Ta-Nehisi Coates
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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- 2025 · Born in the Struggle as Self
- 2021 · Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard as Self
- 2021 · Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union as Self
- 2020 · Between the World and Me as Self
- 2020 · Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self - Author and Journalist
- 2019 · Oprah's Book Club as Self
- 2018 · Explained as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Ex Libris: The New York Public Library as Self
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · Dungeons & Dragons: A Documentary as Self
- 2012 · Finding Your Roots as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self