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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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The Fierce Sonnage Of Now

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Oct 28 2008, 10:53 AM ET Comment

Seriously. The thing I love about this speech is you can tell there are black folks in the house. Beyond that, Obama delivers the closing case. It is, as you would expect. He is who we thought he was.



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