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* Ta-Nehisi Coates sent a line-drive straight at turkey neck Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the Senate Majority Leader, also known as the “Grim Reaper.” Coates’ action directed at McConnell came during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on reparations for slavery. Coates got right down to business from jump when he responded directly to McConnell’s claim that […]

Powerful video discussion between Antonio Moore and Yvette Carnell titled “Was Barack Obama The First African American President? Critique of Ta-Nehisi Coates” Attorney Antonio Moore and Political Analyst Yvette Carnell discuss the legacy of President Barack Obama. In the hour long video they analyze the overall effect of the Obama Presidency on Black America, and […]

Ta-Nehisi Coates on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (Nov 10, 2020) *Ta-Nehisi Coates appeared on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” Tuesday to promote the adaptation of his book “Between the World and Me” coming to HBO this month. The author also spoke about out why he didn’t celebrate Joe Biden’s win, talks about the […]

[…] At Comic-Con Friday, the studio announced the addition of Roxane Gay and the poet Yona Harvey to its roster of talent, which already includes Black Panther writers Ta-Nehisi Coates and Brian Stelfreeze. The latter two have laced its T’Challa (who made his on-screen debut earlier this year in “Captain America: Civil War”) stories with a […]

[…] next chapter in the story of Wakanda and honors the remarkable legacy of Chadwick Boseman. National Book Award-winning author, journalist, and writer for Marvel Comics’ BLACK PANTHER Ta-Nehisi Coates serves as host and writer. Proximity’s Head of Audio Paola Mardo serves as producer, as well as executive producer alongside Proximity’s founders Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, […]

Antonio Moore After reading the powerful new piece written by Ta-Nehisi Coates in the Atlantic, “The Black Family in the Age of Incarceration,” I am left with a feeling the issue needs to be further clarified in simple form. In the article the core of the problem gets shaded with a color of shared struggle […]

[…] Newkirk (HarperCollins/Amistad) • “The Light of the World” – Elizabeth Alexander (Grand Central Publishing) Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author • “Between The World and Me” – Ta-Nehisi Coates (Spiegel & Grau) • “The Fishermen” – Chigozie Obioma (Little, Brown & Company) • “The Star Side of Bird Hill” – Naomi Jackson (Penguin Press) • […]

[…] screen and off, he and Denzel have a fantastic mentorship-like relationship. And one way this is expressed in the film is when McCall suggests that Miles reads Ta-nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me.” “I had been familiar with the book but I just haven’t had the time to read it. I do know that […]

[…] felt compelled to interpret the “whole question of the treason,” admitting the enjoyment he derives from similar engagements. Billy Dee Williams – screenshot MORE NEWS ON EURWEB:  Ta-Nehisi Coates On Board to Helm Black Superman Movie, Project Still A Go | VIDEO Ta-Nehisi Coates On Board to Helm Black Superman Movie, Project Still A Go […]

[…] with the cover story “My President Was Black,” but the reprint will include an error that Native Americans say is all too common. In his 17,000-word piece, Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote: “African Americans rank at the bottom of nearly every major socioeconomic measure in the country.” Coates may not have thoroughly done his research because according […]

[…] Wright, brought new attention to the character, who is a scientific marvel that supplies her brother with gadgets. In May, a new Black Panther series, written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and drawn by Daniel Acuña, had the title hero venture into outer space, leaving the nation of Wakanda leaderless. In the Shuri series, his sister will […]

[…] Twitter users adapted the hashtag #WacoThugs. Among those putting a light on the situation were “cultural commentators and critics including some of the sharpest working today, like Ta-Nehisi Coates,” who, according to Solomon, “saw an opportunity to consider how the playbook for a violent incident involving white bikers diverges from the one that the media […]

[…] on earth. Native descendants of American slaves—or American DOS—literally served as the very currency that undergirded the early American economy. In his article, “The Case For Reparations”, Ta-Nehisi Coates quotes Yale historian, David W. Blight, who notes,“In 1860, slaves as an asset were worth more than all of America’s manufacturing, all of the railroads, all […]

[…] help the descendants of slavery, whose centuries of suffering propelled him to his lofty position. In a recent piece for The Atlantic, “My President was Black” writer Ta-Nehisi Coates states: Obama had been on the record as opposing reparations. But now, late in his presidency, he seemed more open to the idea…“Theoretically, you can make […]

[…] Sadly, this select group of Millennials — who were born between 1998 and 2000 — had a hard time playing along. OTHER NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED:  Ta-Nehisi Coates Gives ‘Grim Reaper’ Mitch McConnell Epic Lesson on Reparations – WATCH We took “Name the 90’s” to the #NBADraft and these NBA players are WAY younger […]