Name: We Were Eight Years in Power. Essays on the Obama
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Author: Coates, Ta-Nehisi
ISBN: 9780399590573

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We Were Eight Years in Power. Essays on the Obama

Type

Physical Book

Author

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Publisher

One World

Year

2017

Language

English

Pages

400

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1 x 13.0 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.30 kg.

ISBN13

9780399590573

Synopsis "We Were Eight Years in Power. Essays on the Obama "

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.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Ta-Nehisi Coates was born in Baltimore in 1975, is a writer, journalist, and American activist, known for his deep analysis of the history and African-American experience in the United States.
Son of William Paul Coates, former member of the Black Panthers and founder of Black Classic Press, and Cheryl Waters, a teacher, Coates grew up in an environment that valued literature and political awareness. He studied at Howard University, although he did not graduate, and began his journalistic career in media such as The Village Voice and Time.

Among his most influential works we find Between the World and Me (2015), written as a letter to his son, where he reflects on black identity and racial violence in the United States. This book won the National Book Award and was a Pulitzer finalist.

In addition to his work as a writer, Coates has been an editor at The Atlantic and has written comics for Marvel, including series of Black Panther and Captain America. He has received numerous awards, such as the MacArthur Fellowship in 2015 and the George Polk Award. Currently, he is a professor at Howard University, where he holds the Sterling Brown chair in the English Department.

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