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We Were Eight Years in Power

Bezeichnung	Wert
Titel	We Were Eight Years in Power
Untertitel	an American Tragedy
Verfasserangabe	Ta-Nehisi Coates
Medienart	Buch
Sprache	englisch
Person	Coates, Ta-Nehisi (Verfasser/-in)
Verlag	Philomel Books
Ort	New York
Jahr	2017
Umfang	367 Seiten
ISBN10	0-399-59056-0
ISBN13	978-0-399-59056-6
Schlagwort	backlash 20. Jahrhundert era perspective American Society white supremacist black people ESSAYS USA election oval office black citizens ideas new voices Black President English historic moment black experience movements for justice American Shelves INTERVIEW Englisch Politics writer unemployment office presidential politics HISTORY non-fiction
Annotation	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 Americas 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 periodand the effects of the persistent, haunting shadow of our nations old and unreconciled history.