{"product_id":"we-were-eight-years-in-power-an-american-tragedy","title":"We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWe Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this urgently relevant collection featuring the landmark essay “The Case for Reparations,” the \u003cstrong\u003eNational Book Award–winning author of \u003cem\u003eBetween the World and Me, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ereflects on race, Barack Obama’s presidency and its jarring aftermath”—including the election of Donald Trump.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAccolades, Awards \u0026amp; Praise\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eNew York Times Bestseller • Finalist for the PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award • The Los Angeles Times Book Prize • The Dayton Literary Peace Prize\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eNamed One of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTime\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEssence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Week\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKirkus Reviews (Starred Review)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe Were Eight Years in Power\u003c\/em\u003e was the lament of Reconstruction-era black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended with the return of \u003cstrong\u003ewhite supremacist rule in the South.\u003c\/strong\u003e In this sweeping collection of new and selected essays, \u003cstrong\u003eTa-Nehisi Coates explores the tragic echoes of that history in our own time: \u003c\/strong\u003ethe 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.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe Were Eight Years in Power\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eWe Were Eight Years in Power\u003c\/em\u003e is a vital account of modern America, from one of the definitive voices of this historic moment.\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50303198921019,"sku":"0399590579","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/6815033482330.jpg?v=1747481432","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/we-were-eight-years-in-power-an-american-tragedy","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}