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Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates (/ ˌ t ɑː n ə ˈ h ɑː s i / TAH-nə-HAH-see; born September 30, 1975) is an American author, journalist, and activist. He gained a wide readership during his time as national correspondent at The Atlantic , where he wrote about cultural, social, and political issues, particularly regarding African Americans and white ...
Ta-Nehisi Coates met his future wife, Kenyatta Matthews, while studying at 'Howard University.' In 2009, they lived in Harlem with their son, Samori Maceo-Paul Coates. In 2001, the family moved to Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, New York. He bought a brownstone there in 2016.
Dec 15, 2020 · When best-selling author Ta-Nehisi Coates became a father at 24 years-old, he and his wife, Kenyatta Matthews, were determined not to make their son the sole focus of their lives.
In 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 an eccentric and quixotic figure. “My father was haunted,” Ta-Nehisi wrote in ...
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May 9, 2024 · Ta-Nehisi Coates (born September 30, 1975, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.) is known for his essays and journalism exploring contemporary race relations in the United States, most notably in his book Between the World and Me (2015), which won the National Book Award for nonfiction. He also wrote compelling, award-winning articles on topics such as ...
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Ta-Nehisi Coates Family. Coates is the son of William Paul “Paul” Coates and Cheryl Lynn (Waters). His father was a Vietnam War veteran, former Black Panther, publisher and librarian, while his mother was a teacher.
Jan 1, 2008 · An exceptional father-son story about the reality that tests us, the myths that sustain us, and the love that saves us. Paul Coates was an enigmatic god to his sons: a Vietnam vet who rolled with the Black Panthers, an old-school disciplinarian and new-age believer in free love, an autodidact who launched a publishing company in his basement dedicated to telling the true history of African ...
