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03424aam a2200577 i 4500 001 DD72CA96214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230713010558 008 180419t20182017nyu 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9780399590573 020 $a 0399590579 035 $a (OCoLC)1031909530 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d EPT $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d CGP $d NQL $d OCLCA $d ZCU $d OCLCO $d FUG $d OCLCO $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a E185.615 $b .C6335 2018 082 04 $a 305.896/0720905 $2 23 100 1 $a Coates, Ta-Nehisi, $e author. 245 10 $a We were eight years in power : $b an American tragedy / $c Ta-Nehisi Coates. 250 $a One World Trade paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b One World, $c 2018. 300 $a xvii, 367 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a "'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.' We were eight years in power is a vital account of modern America by one of its most powerful chroniclers"--Back cover. 505 0 $a Notes from the first year -- "This is how we lost to the white man" -- Notes from the second year -- American girl -- Notes from the third year -- Why do so few blacks study the civil war? -- Notes from the fourth year -- The legacy of Malcolm X -- Notes from the fifth year -- Fear of a black president -- Notes from the sixth year -- The case for reparations -- Notes from the seventh year -- The black family in the age of mass incarceration -- Notes from the eighth year -- My president was black. 600 10 $a Obama, Barack. 600 17 $a Obama, Barack. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00348231 650 0 $a African Americans $x Politics and government $y 21st century. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 2009-2017. 651 0 $a United States $x History $x History $y 21st century. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Social conditions $y 21st century. 650 6 $a Noirs ameÌricains $x Politique et gouvernement $y 21e sieÌcle. 651 6 $a EÌtats-Unis $x Politique et gouvernement $y 2009-2017. 651 6 $a EÌtats-Unis $x Histoire $x Histoire $y 21e sieÌcle. 650 6 $a Noirs ameÌricains $x Conditions sociales $y 21e sieÌcle. 650 7 $a African Americans $x Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799659 650 7 $a African Americans $x Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799698 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Race relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01086509 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 2000-2099 $2 fast 655 2 $a Essay 655 7 $a essays. $2 aat 655 7 $a Essays. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919922 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Essays. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Essais. $2 rvmgf 700 1 $a Bachman, Barbara M., $e book designer. 700 1 $a Grandgenett, Ben, $e bookjacket designer. 941 $a 1 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718093238.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DD72CA96214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search