Name
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Known For
Writing
Birthday
1975-09-30 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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Known For
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- 2014 Dungeons & Dragons: A Documentary as Self
- 2017 Ex Libris: The New York Public Library as Self
- 2020 Between the World and Me as Self
- 2020 Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self - Author and Journalist
- 2025 Born in the Struggle as Self
- 2021 Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard as Self
- 2012 Finding Your Roots ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2021 Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 7 episodes ) as Self
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 Oprah's Book Club ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2018 Explained ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1954 Face The Nation ( 1 episode ) as Self - Panelist
