Ta-Nehisi Coates:

Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates was born September 30, 1975). He is an American author, journalist, comic book writer, and educator. Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic, where he writes about cultural, social and political issues, particularly regarding African Americans. Author of "Between the World and Me","We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy", and the new book You Might Be A White Supremacist'. Coates’book, “We Were Eight Years In Power,” collects essays he published during the Obama administration and appends them with new writing and reflections.

Coates has worked for The Village Voice, Washington City Paper, and Time. He has contributed to The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The Washington Monthly, O, and other publications. In 2008 he published a memoir, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood. His second book, Between the World and Me, was released in July 2015. It won the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction, and was a nominee for the Phi Beta Kappa 2016 Book Awards. He was the recipient of a "Genius Grant" from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in 2015. He is the writer of a Black Panther series for Marvel Comics. Ta-Nehisi Coates: The GOP "Has Been Playing With Fire" | All In | MSNBC Ta-Nehisi Coates explains what makes President Obama unique