Coates, Ta-Nehisi,

We were eight years in power : an American tragedy / Ta-Nehisi Coates. - First edition. - xvii, 367 pages ; 25 cm

First year: this is how we lost to the white man -- Second year: American girl -- Third year: why do so few blacks study the Civil War? -- Fourth year: the legacy of Malcolm X -- Fifth year: fear of a black president -- Sixth year: the case for reparations -- Seventh year: the black family in the age of mass incarceration -- Eighth year: my president was black -- Epilogue.

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Coates, Ta-Nehisi--Political and social views.
Obama, Barack--Influence.


African Americans--Social conditions--21st century.


United States--Race relations--21st century.
United States--Politics and government--2009-2017.

E185.615 / .C6336 2017

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