Person · 1975–
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The essayist whose "The Case for Reparations" put redlining and the racial wealth gap at the center of national debate.
A leading voice of contemporary Black [[black-literature|letters]].
Ta-Nehisi Coates's reporting and essays, "The Case for Reparations," "Between the World and Me", fused history, memoir, and argument to make the long shadow of slavery and segregation impossible to ignore.