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We Were Eight Years in Power

An American Tragedy

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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In these "urgently relevant essays," the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me "reflects on race, Barack Obama's presidency and its jarring aftermath"*--including the election of Donald Trump

Politics and governmentRace relationsBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal MemoirsPOLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive BranchAfrican American authorsSOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race RelationsSocial conditionsAfrican AmericansPolitical cultureUnited states, politics and government, 2009-2017Obama, barack, 1961-African americans, social conditions