04911cam a2200757 4500 468442827 TxAuBib 20201029120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780399590580 0399590587 a08a7386-781c-4e36-bdaa-e0fbf7dd5d8d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 550170 550170 3232556 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Coates, Ta-Nehisi. We Were Eight Years in Power [Libby eBook] : An American Tragedy. Random House Publishing Group, 2017. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 7847kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 6751kB. the case for reparations. reparations for slavery. restorative justice. American Government. black history books. motivational books. black lives matter. political science. Ta-Nehisi Coates. white supremacy. white privilege. race in america. political books. Race relations. Michelle Obama. Social Justice. Autobiography. history books. Barack Obama. Donald Trump. Civil Rights. racism books. reparations. Presidents. government. Leadership. Biography. politics. activism. Memoirs. racism. Essays. memoir. trump. obama. race. HTML:In this “urgently relevant”* collection featuring the landmark essay “The Case for Reparations,” the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me “reflects on race, Barack Obama’s presidency and its jarring aftermath”*—including the election of Donald Trump. New York Times Bestseller • Finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times • USA Today • Time • Los Angeles Times • San Francisco Chronicle • Essence • O: The Oprah Magazine • The Week • Kirkus Reviews *Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “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.” But the story of these present-day eight years is not just about presidential politics. This book also 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. We Were Eight Years in Power features Coates’s iconic essays first published in The Atlantic, including “Fear of a Black President,” “The Case for Reparations,” and “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration,” along with eight fresh essays that revisit each year of the Obama administration through Coates’s own experiences, observations, and intellectual development, capped by a bracingly original assessment of the election that fully illuminated the tragedy of the Obama era. We Were Eight Years in Power is a vital account of modern America, from one of the definitive voices of this historic moment. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Sociology. Politics. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-12-28 22:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a08a7386-781c-4e36-bdaa-e0fbf7dd5d8d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a08a7386-781c-4e36-bdaa-e0fbf7dd5d8d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)