We Were Eight Years in Power

One of Time’s Top 10 Non-Fiction Books of the Year “We were eight years in power” was the lament of Reconstruction-era black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended w ...

One of Time’s Top 10 Non-Fiction Books of the Year “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.” But the story of these present-day eight years is We Were Eight Years in Power - Ta-Nehisi Coates od authora Ta-Nehisi Coates a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus.cz