Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates, the Alfred Knobler Fellow at The Nation Institute, is the author of The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood. He blogs at ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com.

November 4, 2009

Letters

Understanding Afghanistan
Holts Summit, Mo.

Our Readers and Ta-Nehisi Coates
Racism and DiscriminationJuly 1, 2009

The Trials of Benjamin Jealous

Can the NAACP’s new president reform the 100-year-old civil rights organization? Does he want to?

Ta-Nehisi Coates
Non-fictionMay 1, 2008

A Deeper Black

Shelby Steele’s book on Barack Obama, an outdated critique of identity politics, misses the candidate’s essential power.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates

November 4, 2009

Understanding Afghanistan Holts Summit, Mo.

Racism and DiscriminationJuly 1, 2009

Can the NAACP’s new president reform the 100-year-old civil rights organization? Does he want to?

Non-fictionMay 1, 2008

Shelby Steele’s book on Barack Obama, an outdated critique of identity politics, misses the candidate’s essential power.

Understanding Afghanistan
Holts Summit, Mo.