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We were eight years in power : an American tragedy

text We were eight years in power : an American tragedy

Summary
"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. Now Ta-Nehisi Coates explores the tragic echoes... Read more
Contents

"This is how we lost to the white man" -- American girl -- Why do so few blacks study the Civil War? -- The legacy of Malcolm X -- Fear of a black president -- The case for reparations -- The black family in the age of mass incarceration -- My president was black.

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text
Description
xvii, 367 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
Publisher
One World 2017

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 973.932 COA in Adult Non-fiction Available
Peninsula Community Library B COATES COA in Adult Available

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