Coates, Ta-Nehisi, 1975-

September 24, 2019

52:30

Ta-Nehisi Coates On Magic, Memory And The Underground Railroad

After writing three non-fiction books dealing with race and identity, and relaunching Marvel's black superhero series Black Panther, Ta-Nehisi Coates has written his first novel. Set during slave times, it re-imagines leaders of the underground railroad as having a magical power to help people out of slavery.

Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates looks pensive while sitting at a microphone

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June 19, 2009

11:55

Ta-Nehisi Coates' and a beautiful struggle

Ta-Nehisi Coates' pays tribute to his father in his Memoir.

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February 18, 2009

16:52

Ta-Nehisi Coates' 'Unlikely Road to Manhood'

Atlantic contributing editor Ta-Nehisi Coates describes growing up with a father who was a member of the Black Panthers in his new memoir, The Beautiful Struggle.

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