![]() From 2000 to 2007, Coates worked as a journalist with various publications, including Philadelphia Weekly, The Village Voice, and Time. Career Ĭoates at the 2010 Brooklyn Book Festival Journalism Ĭoates's first journalism job was as a reporter at The Washington City Paper his editor was David Carr. In mid-2014, Coates attended an intensive program in French at Middlebury College to prepare for a writing fellowship in Paris, France. He is the only child in his family without a college degree. He attended Howard University, leaving after five years to start a career in journalism. Lemmel Middle School and Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, before graduating from Woodlawn High School. Panel discussion on "Crisis of the Black Male" at Howard University, featuring Coates while a Howard student, October 12, 1995, C-SPANĬoates attended a number of Baltimore-area schools, including William H. Coates has said that he read many of the books his father published. His father's work with the Black Classic Press was a huge influence. Ĭoates's interest in literature was instilled at an early age when his mother, in response to bad behavior, would require him to write essays. Coates grew up in the Mondawmin neighborhood of Baltimore during the crack epidemic. ![]() Coates has said that he lived with his father for the entirety of his upbringing, and that, in his family, the important overarching focus was on rearing children with values based on family, respect for elders and being a contribution to your community, an approach to family that was common in the community where he grew up. The children were raised together in a close-knit family most lived with their mothers and at times lived with their father. Coates's father's first wife had three children, Coates's mother had two boys, and the other two women each had a child. Ĭoates's father had seven children, five boys and two girls, by four women. Later, Black Classic Press was established with a table-top printing press in the basement of the Coates family home. The Press grew out of a grassroots organization, the George Jackson Prison Movement (GJPM), which initially operated a Black bookstore called the Black Book. Coates's father founded and ran Black Classic Press, a publishing company specializing in African-American titles. ![]() His mother, Cheryl Lynn Coates (née Waters), was a teacher. His father, William Paul Coates (known by his middle name), was a Vietnam War veteran, former Black Panther, publisher, and librarian. Early life Ĭoates was born in Baltimore, Maryland. In 2015 he received a Genius Grant from the MacArthur Foundation. His first novel, The Water Dancer, was published in 2019. He has also written a Black Panther series and a Captain America series for Marvel Comics. Between the World and Me won the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction. He has published three non-fiction books: The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, and We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy. He has contributed to The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The Washington Monthly, O, and other publications. Ĭoates has worked for The Village Voice, Washington City Paper, and Time. 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 supremacy. 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 and journalist.
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