We Were Eight Years in Power

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We Were Eight Years in Power is a collection of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s essays reflecting on the Obama presidency, race, and American history, drawn largely from his work in The Atlantic.

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We Were Eight Years in Power canonical 5

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instanceOf essay collection ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
author Ta-Nehisi Coates ⓘ
basedOn essays originally published in The Atlantic ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
exploresTheme Reconstruction and its rollback ⓘ
continuity between Reconstruction and the Obama era ⓘ
economic inequality ⓘ
mass incarceration ⓘ
political backlash to Black progress ⓘ
structural racism ⓘ
genre African-American studies ⓘ
essays ⓘ
political non-fiction ⓘ
hasISBN 9780399590566 ⓘ
hasPart “American Girl” ⓘ
linked to: American Girl

“Fear of a Black President” ⓘ
“My President Was Black” ⓘ
“The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration” ⓘ
“The Case for Reparations” ⓘ
“The First White President” ⓘ
“This Is How We Lost to the White Man” ⓘ
“Why Do So Few Blacks Study the Civil War?” ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryStyle journalistic essay ⓘ
memoiristic reflection ⓘ
mainSubject African-American experience ⓘ
American history ⓘ
Barack Obama presidency ⓘ
race in the United States ⓘ
white supremacy in America ⓘ
mediaType audiobook ⓘ
ebook ⓘ
print ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notablePublication New York Times bestseller ⓘ
numberOfEssays 8 ⓘ
pageCount ~400 ⓘ
publicationYear 2017 ⓘ
publisher One World ⓘ
Random House ⓘ
structure each essay preceded by a new reflective introduction ⓘ
timePeriodCovered Obama presidency ⓘ
post–Civil War Reconstruction (as historical comparison) ⓘ
titleOrigin phrase used by Reconstruction-era Black politicians in South Carolina ⓘ
titleRefersTo the eight years of Barack Obama’s presidency ⓘ

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Ta-Nehisi Coates → wrote → We Were Eight Years in Power ⓘ
Ta-Nehisi Coates → notableWork → We Were Eight Years in Power ⓘ
subject linked to: Coates
The First White President → includedIn → We Were Eight Years in Power ⓘ
subject linked to: “The First White President”
The First White President → relatedWork → We Were Eight Years in Power ⓘ
subject linked to: “The First White President”