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Jan 20, 2019 · W. Paul Coates. Biography. Digital Library. 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.
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 ...
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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.
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Nov 23, 2013 · MY father’s name is William Paul Coates. I, like my six brothers and sisters, have always addressed him as Dad. Strangers often call him Mr. Coates. His friends call him Paul. If a stranger...
W. Paul Coates is the founder and director of Black Classic Press, which specializes in republishing obscure and significant works by and about people of African descent. A leader in the field of small publishers, Coates founded BCP Digital Printing in 1995 to produce books and documents using digital print technology.
Jul 27, 2015 · His father, William Paul Coates, is the founder of Black Classic Press, which focuses on the richness of black life.
His father, William Paul Coates, was a publisher who founded the Black Classic Press, which reissued forgotten African American works. His father also worked as a librarian at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University and was a member of the local Black Panther chapter.
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