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Progressive National Book Award Winning Author, Journalist & Activist

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$50,000 - $100,000

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Washington, D.C.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates is an acclaimed American author, journalist, and activist known for his profound writings on race, history, and social justice. Raised in Baltimore by a former Black Panther father and a teacher mother, he attended Howard University before launching a journalism career.

As a national correspondent for The Atlantic (2008–2018), he wrote his landmark 2014 essay "The Case for Reparations," which sparked national debate. His 2015 memoir “Between the World and Me,” addressed to his son, won the National Book Award and became a bestseller.

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