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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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Everyone Loves Stokely Carmichael In A Dress

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Apr 2 2009, 8:00 AM ET Comment

Seriously, are we really shocked that Michelle Obama is more popular now, than she was on the campaign? Did fools really believe she was gonna hoist the Red, Black and Green in the Rose Garden, raise her right fist, and break into a rendition of "Redemption Song?" Wait. Don't answer that...



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