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Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Ta-Nehisi Coates
An inspiring look at Alderman Robin Rue Simmons' fight to redress the wrongs of "redlining" and the legacy of slavery through a groundbreaking reparations program in Evanston, Illinois.
 
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is known for Wrong Answer, The Water Dancer and Untitled Superman Project. He has been married to Kenyatta Matthews since 2011. They have one child.
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    Wrong Answer
    • Writer
      The Water Dancer
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        Untitled Superman Project
        • Writer
          Big Words (2013)
          Big Words
          6.2
          • Writer at Bookstore
          • 2013

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          • Wrong Answer
            • screenplay
            • In Development
          • Untitled Superman Project
            • Writer
            • Pre-production
          • Wakanda Forever: The Official Black Panther Podcast (2022)
            Wakanda Forever: The Official Black Panther Podcast
            4.8
            Podcast Series
            • Writer
            • 2022
          • Between the World and Me (2020)
            Between the World and Me
            7.4
            TV Special
            • book
            • 2020

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          • Big Words (2013)
            Big Words
            6.2
            • Writer at Bookstore
            • 2013

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          • Between the World and Me (2020)
            Between the World and Me
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            • executive producer
            • 2020
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            • Kenyatta Matthews2011 - present (1 child)
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            Since 2016 he has written Marvel's Black Panther.
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            What weighs on me is reading 'X-Men' as a child. They were charged. They dealt with discrimination. They dealt with being an outsider. They dealt with the things that I was feeling. The comics I always read had a philosophical thread. The 'Black Panther' books are not just a story about a king trying to rule. I'm trying to answer other questions, philosophical questions, social questions.

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