Last week, CBS Mornings co-host Tony Dokoupil got himself dragged up and down the internet after going toe-to-toe with acclaimed author, educator, journalist, and activist Ta-Nehisi Coates during a panel discussion about Coates’ book The Message, which draws parallels between Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinians and the Jim Crow South in America. Apparently, Dokoupil took […]
That other school had Nikole Hannah-Jones all the way twisted. After the heated controversy surrounding Hannah-Jones tenure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill the heralded journalist now has a much more culturally comfortable place to call home. Today, it was announced that Hannah-Jones will become a tenured faculty member at the esteemed […]
Michael B. Jordan is finally responding to those long-standing rumors about his possible involvement in the upcoming Superman reboot.
Warner Bros is rebooting the Superman franchise and focusing on the black superman storyline that Michael B. Jordan tried to make happen a few years ago. The movie will see J.J. Abrams producing and essayist and novelist Ta-Nehisi Coates penning the script.
He began the eulogy with a quote from T'Challa from 2015's Secret Wars #7, writing, "Death is just a different kind of journey…to the land that I am king of."
We knew when Vanity Fair announced that Ta-Nehisi Coates would be guest editing the September issue that he would do incredible things, but we never imagined he would do this. History is being made. Our voices are being heard. Our stories are being told. We are so grateful to Coates for this work of art which will continue to help motivate us all as we fight for justice for Breonna Taylor and her family and so many other families like hers, whose loved ones have had their lives stolen by white supremacy.
When it comes to racism and social justice in the United States, there's no mind better suited to dissecting the ins and outs than Ta-Nehisi Coates, so when Vanity Fair decided to devote their September Issue to art, activism and power, they put him in the driver's seat and had him guest edit the very special issue.
Ta-Nehisi Coates Explains Reparations & Systematic Racism To Sen. Mitch McConnell At House Hearing Ta-Nehisi Coates had TIME for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell when he tried to come for reparations. On Wednesday, Coates testified at a House hearing on the bill known as H.R. 40, which would create a commission to study the history of […]
Danny Glover & Ta-Nehisi Coates Will Testify At Juneteenth House Hearing On Reparations The conversation around reparation is becoming more and more visible thanks to activist campaigns and politicians being challenged on the subject. Now, legislation around reparations that’s been stalling in Congress FOREVA is getting another major push, and actor Danny Glover and author […]