Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. Coates has received the National Magazine Award, the Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis Journalism, and the George Polk Award for his Atlantic cover story “The Case for Reparations.” His second memoir Between the World and Me was a hugely acclaimed and best selling book, shortlisted for the National Book Award. In 2015, Coates was awarded a MacArthur Genius Award.

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