We Were Eight Years In Power An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates

"We were eight years in power" was the lament of Reconstruction-era black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended with the return of white supremacist rule in the South. In this sweeping collection of new and selected essays, Ta-Nehisi Coates explores the tragic echoes of that history in our own time: the unprecedented election of a black president followed by a vicious backlash that fueled the election of the man Coates argues is America's "first white president. " This book examines the new voices, ideas, and movements for justice that emerged over this period-and the effects of the persistent, haunting shadow of our nation's old and unreconciled history. Coates powerfully examines the events of the Obama era from his intimate and revealing perspective-the point of view of a young writer who begins the journey in an unemployment office in Harlem and ends it in the Oval Office, interviewing a president.

Publisher:	Hamish Hamilton
Year:	2017
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9780241325247
Condition:	Good
Description:	Front lower cover slightly creased, some tanning to page edges otherwise good.

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SKU: 1596985
Location: Politics