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Black Classic Press (BCP) is an African-American book publishing company, founded by W. Paul Coates in 1978. Since then, BCP has published original titles by notable authors including Walter Mosley, John Henrik Clarke, E. Ethelbert Miller, Yosef Ben-Jochannan, and Dorothy B. Porter, as well as reissuing significant works by Tony Martin, Amiri Baraka, Larry Neal, W. E. B. Du Bois, Edward Blyden ...
William Paul Coates (born July 4, 1946) [1] is an American publisher, printer and community activist. In 1978, he founded the Black Classic Press (BCP), devoted to publishing obscure and significant works by and about individuals of African descent, particularly previously out-of-print books, and he also established the printing company BCP Digital Printing in 1995. [2]
Black Classic Press publisher W. Paul Coates, father of Ta-Nehisi Coates, also received a lifetime achievement medal from the National Book Foundation. NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett’s ...
W. Paul Coates, the founder of Black Classic Press and father of author Ta-Nehisi Coates, won the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community. For nearly 50 years ...
In 1978, Coates founded the Black Classic Press, which is devoted to publishing long-overlooked, obscure, and significant works by and about people of African descent. As explained by Coats, “My ...
The Press grew out of a grassroots organization, the George Jackson Prison Movement (GJPM), which initially operated a Black bookstore called the Black Book. Later, Black Classic Press was established with a tabletop printing press in the basement of the Coates family home. [2] [18]
Before Coates, who is also the founder of Black Classic Press and BCP Digital Printing, got his start in the literary world, he was a member of the United States Army and served in Vietnam from ...
A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable's Malcolm X is a collection of essays related to Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable.It is edited by Jared Ball and Todd Steven Burroughs.