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Black Classic Press (BCP) is an African-American book publishing company, founded by W. Paul Coates in 1978. Since then, BCP has published original titles by notable authors including Walter Mosley, John Henrik Clarke, E. Ethelbert Miller, Yosef Ben-Jochannan, and Dorothy B. Porter, as well as reissuing significant works by Amiri Baraka, Larry Neal, W. E. B. Du Bois, Edward Blyden, J. E ...
- 1978; 45 years ago
- W. Paul Coates
- Black Classic Press
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States
William Paul Coates (born July 4, 1946) is an American publisher, printer and community activist. In 1978 he founded the Black Classic Press (BCP), an imprint devoted to publishing obscure and significant works by and about individuals of African descent, particularly previously out-of-print books, and he also established the printing company BCP Digital Printing in 1995.
- Publisher, printer and community activist
- Black Classic Press (founder)
Founded in 1978, Black Classic Press is devoted to publishing obscure and significant works by and about people of African descent. We specialize in republishing works that are out of print and quite often out of memory. We began publishing because we wanted to extend the memory of what we believe are important books that have helped in ...
Jan 20, 2019 · W. Paul Coates was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on January 20, 2019. Publisher W. Paul Coates was born on July 4, 1946 in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Edna Coates and Douglas Cryor. Coates enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam from 1965 to 1967. He later received his B.A. degree in community development from the Homestead ...
Ta-Nehisi Coates; Talmadge Anderson; Theodore Vincent; Tony Martin-TM Press; ... Black Classic Press Black Classic Press P.O. Box 13414 Baltimore, MD 21203. 410.242.6954
Coates says Black Classic Press’ largest milestone came in 1997, when Walter Mosley, a black novelist known for crime writing (including the award-winning Devil in a Blue Dress), granted it the domestic and foreign rights to his latest novel, Gone Fishing. “He wanted to do it with an independent black publisher,” Coates explains.
Feb 20, 2023 · I interviewed Paul Coates, founder of the Black Classic Press in Baltimore, for my previous story about America’s oldest Black publishers. He is the father of Ta-Nehisi Coates, a writer whose literary works have shaped much of the country’s discussions around race over the last decade.
