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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.
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Martin Luther King's Last Speech

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jan 21 2008, 9:39 AM ET Comment

Yeah, I know its not the official birthday, but whatever. When I was young I was always a Malcolm man, like my father. In a lot of ways, I still am. But come on, you've got to give it up...



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