Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- September 30, 1975, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Movies
- 7
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | Born in the Struggle | Self |
| 2021 | Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard | Self |
| 2020 | Between the World and Me | Self |
| 2020 | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self - Author and Journalist |
| 2017 | Ex Libris: The New York Public Library | Self |
| 2014 | Dungeons & Dragons: A Documentary | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2020 | Between the World and Me | Writer |
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