Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Writing
- September 30, 1975 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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.
Known for
Filmography
- When a Witness Recants · Executive producer
- Born in the Struggle · Self
- Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard · Self
- What If...? · Thanks
- Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union · Self
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier · Thanks
- Between the World and Me · Self, Writer
- Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King · Self
- Oprah's Book Club · Self
- Explained · Self
- Black Panther · Thanks
- Ex Libris: The New York Public Library · Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- Dungeons & Dragons: A Documentary · Self
- Finding Your Roots · Self
- The View · Self
- The Daily Show · Self
- Face the Nation · Self
- The Water Dancer · Novel, Writer