Magical realism meets real life in the acclaimed journalist’s debut novel about American slaves escaping to the north [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] A former national correspondent for the Atlantic magazine, Ta-Nehisi Coates is among the most revered and widely read intellectuals in the US. His bleak but scintillating book about race, We Were Eight Years in Power […]
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In the 2010s, White America Was Finally Shown Itself Ta-Nehisi Coates on “Obama’s decade,” reparations, and Kaepernick. | The Intelligencer
If the racial politics of the 2010s has a definitive chronicler, it is Ta-Nehisi Coates, whose magisterial 2014 Atlantic essay “The Case for Reparations” forced Americans to reckon with slavery, Jim Crow, and redlining in ways that many of them never had. Since the essay’s publication — which eventually prompted a congressional hearing on the […]
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Ta-Nehisi Coates pulls few punches at Raleigh “Color of Education” summit | NC Policy Watch
Acclaimed author draws parallels between slavery and sexual violence
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Ta-Nehisi Coates On Magic, Memory And The Underground Railroad | NPR
Growing up in Maryland, author Ta-Nehisi Coates was enthralled by stories of Harriet Tubman, the 19th century abolitionist who operated the Underground Railroad on the state’s Eastern Shore. He read about Tubman’s efforts to lead enslaved people to freedom, and was struck by the surreal qualities of her story. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “It just seemed wild,” […]
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The Beautiful Power of Ta-Nehisi Coates | Vanity Fair
With his groundbreaking nonfiction works, Ta-Nehisi Coates emerged as our most vital public intellectual. Now, his debut novel, The Water Dancer, takes him to uncharted depths.
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What Americans Need to Know About Reparations Ahead of This Week’s Big Hearing | Slate
Devin Katayama, Slate Danny Glover and Ta-Nehisi Coates are scheduled to testify at the hearing Wednesday. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Theo Wargo/Getty Images and Anna Webber/Getty Images for the New Yorker. Featured Image [dropcap]On[/dropcap] Wednesday, a House Judiciary subcommittee will hold the first congressional hearing in more than a decade on the subject […]
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Ta-Nehisi Coates Revisits the Case for Reparations | The New Yorker
By The New Yorker, The New Yorker YOUTH & FAMILIES DETERMINED TO SUCCEED. Featured Image [dropcap]It’s[/dropcap] not often that an article comes along that changes the world, but that’s exactly what happened with Ta-Nehisi Coates, five years ago, when he wrote “The Case for Reparations,” in The Atlantic. Reparations have been discussed since the end […]
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Paul Coates | HuffPost
Wil S. Hylton, HuffPost Illustration by Neal Fox, Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] a just world, Paul Coates would not be famous primarily for the work of his son. As the father of Ta-Nehisi Coates, whose analysis of American history has transformed the public discourse on race, the 72-year-old Coates is immortalized in his son’s writing as […]
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Ta-Nehisi Coates and Hala Alyan Earn Dayton Literary Peace Prize | Colorlines
The prize recognizes works that promote cross-cultural understanding and the concept of peace.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is leaving the Atlantic | The Washington Post
Ta-Nehisi Coates is leaving his position as a national correspondent for the Atlantic, a publication where he has emerged as one of the country’s top reporters and thinkers.
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