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About Ta-Nehisi Coates
American author, journalist, and activist
Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates is an American author, journalist, and activist. He became widely read while serving as a national correspondent at The Atlantic, where his reporting and essays focused on cultural, social, and political questions, especially those involving African Americans and white supremacy. His work is closely associated with progressive politics and with writing that examines race, power, and public life in the United States. He is known for addressing these subjects with clarity and force, and his name remains strongly linked to contemporary commentary on American society.
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Books by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Between the World and Me
2015
The Water Dancer
2019
The Beautiful Struggle
2009
We Were Eight Years in Power
2018