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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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Props: Reading Rainbow

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jul 17 2008, 4:48 PM ET Comment

My Dad ran a small indy press, so I was primed to love books. But seriously, Reading Rainbow has to be at least partially responsible for me being a writer. What a great show. When the Republicans were talking about doing in PBS in the 90s, everyone was worried about Big Bird. Me? All I thought about was my son not hearing that theme song...



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