Ta-Nehisi Coates

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1975-09-30 (50 years old)

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Ta-Nehisi Coates

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 ...

Production

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The Water Dancer

as Producer

2018

Black Panther

as Thanks

2020

Between the World and Me

as Executive Producer

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