Summary of Ta-Nehisi Coates's We Were Eight Years in Power (eBook)

"e;Get the Summary of Ta-Nehisi Coates's We Were Eight Years in Power in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.Original book introduction: 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 "e;"e;Fear of a Black President,"e;"e; "e;"e;The Case for Reparations,"e;"e; and "e;"e;The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration,"e;"e; 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."e;