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T1  - We were eight years in power : an American tragedy
A1  - Coates, Ta-Nehisi, kirjoittaja
LA  - eng
PP  - New York
PB  - One World
YR  - 2017
ED  - First edition
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/helka.9931475223506253
AB  - A portrait of the historic Barack Obama era features essays originally published in "The Atlantic," including "Fear of a Black President" and "The Case for Reparations," as well as new essays revisiting each year of the Obama administration
AB  - ""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 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."--Jacket
SN  - 9780399590566 kovakantinen
SN  - 0399590560 kovakantinen
SN  - 9780525510284 International edition
SN  - 0525510281 International edition
KW  - Obama, Barack.
KW  - African Americans : Politics and government : 21st century.
KW  - African Americans : Social conditions : 21st century.
KW  - United States : Politics and government : 2009-2017.
KW  - United States : Race relations : History : 21st century.
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