01596cam a2200337 i 4500 332313082 TxAuBib 20171024120000.0 170814s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2017034777 9780399590566 0399590560 (OCoLC)968312149 TxAuBib rda Coates, Ta-Nehisi,. We were eight years in power [HARDCOVER] : an American tragedy / Ta-Nehisi Coates. First edition. New York : One World, [2017] xvii, 367 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "'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.'". 20171024. Obama, Barack. African Americans Social conditions 21st century. United States Politics and government 2009-2017. United States Social conditions 21st century. United States Race relations. TXSTC