We were eight years in power

an American tragedy

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We were eight years in power

an American tragedy

First large print edition.
  • 4.33 ·
  • 6 Ratings
  • 24 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 8 Have read

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

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
551

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Cover of: We Were Eight Years in Power
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
2018, Random House Publishing Group, One World
in English
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We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
2018, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: We were eight years in power
We were eight years in power: an American tragedy
2017, Random House Audio Publishing Group, Random House Audio
sound recording : in English - Unabridged.
Cover of: We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
Oct 03, 2017, One World, One World, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
in English
Cover of: We Were Eight Years in Power
Cover of: We were eight years in power
We were eight years in power: an American tragedy
2017
in English - First large print edition.
Cover of: We Were Eight Years in Power
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
2017, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
Cover of: We Were Eight Years in Power
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
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Table of 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.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.932
Library of Congress
E907 .C63 2017b

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxii, 551 pages (large print)
Number of pages
551

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26935036M
Internet Archive
wewereeightyears0000coat_e7i2
ISBN 10
0525624511
ISBN 13
9780525624516
OCLC/WorldCat
995048623

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