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.