
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Writing
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

1996
The Daily Show
1996 · tv

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · tv

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · tv

1997
The View
1997 · tv

2012
Finding Your Roots
2012 · tv

2018
Explained
2018 · tv

2021
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021 · tv

2019
Oprah's Book Club
2019 · tv

2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020 · movie

2020
Between the World and Me
2020 · movie

2017
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
2017 · movie

2021
Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard
2021 · movie

2025
Born in the Struggle
2025 · movie

2014
Dungeons & Dragons: A Documentary
2014 · movie