We Were Eight Years in Power
2017 collection of essays by Ta-Nehisi Coates
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy Ta-Nehisi Coates originally published in The Atlantic Barack Obama administration . It includes the titles that launched his career: "The Case for Reparations " and "The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration". Each of the essays is introduced with the author's reflections.[ 1]
Time We Were Eight Years in Power as one of its top ten non-fiction books of 2017.[ 2]
Essays
"'This Is How We Lost to the White Man'"[ 3]
"American Girl"[ 4]
"Why Do So Few Blacks Study the Civil War?"[ 5]
"The Legacy of Malcolm X"[ 6]
"Fear of a Black President"[ 7]
"The Case for Reparations "[ 8]
"The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration"[ 9]
"My President Was Black"[ 10]
References
^ a b "Rev. of We Were Eight Years in Power" . Publishers Weekly . Retrieved October 2, 2017 .^ Howorth, Claire (November 21, 2017). "The Top 10 Non-Fiction Books of 2017" . Time . Retrieved December 13, 2017 . ^ Coates, Ta-Nehisi . " The Atlantic Archived from the original on July 8, 2025. Retrieved August 4, 2025 .^ Coates, Ta-Nehisi (January 1, 2009). "American Girl" The Atlantic Archived from the original on June 29, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2025 .^ Coates, Ta-Nehisi (December 8, 2011). "Why Do So Few Blacks Study the Civil War?" The Atlantic Archived from the original on July 7, 2025. Retrieved August 4, 2025 .^ Coates, Ta-Nehisi . "The Legacy of Malcolm X" The Atlantic Archived from the original on July 17, 2025. Retrieved August 4, 2025 .^ Coates, Ta-Nehisi . "Fear of a Black President" The Atlantic Archived from the original on August 24, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2025 .^ Coates, Ta-Nehisi . "The Case for Reparations" The Atlantic Archived from the original on July 27, 2025. Retrieved August 4, 2025 .^ Coates, Ta-Nehisi . "The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration" The Atlantic Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2025 .^ Coates, Ta-Nehisi . "My President Was Black" The Atlantic Archived from the original on December 13, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2025 .
Further reading
Senior, Jennifer (October 1, 2017). "Through the Lens of the Obama Years, Ta-Nehisi Coates Reckons With Race, Identity and Trump" . The New York Times ISSN 0362-4331 . León, Concepción De (September 29, 2017). "Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Making of a Public Intellectual" . The New York Times ISSN 0362-4331 . Muyumba, Walton (September 29, 2017). "Ta-Nehisi Coates blazes a singular intellectual path in 'We Were Eight Years in Power' . Los Angeles Times ISSN 0458-3035 . Lozada, Carlos (September 27, 2017). "Ta-Nehisi Coates and the fear of a black writer" . The Washington Post . Retrieved October 2, 2017 . Green, Lloyd (September 27, 2017). "Ta-Nehisi Coates' new book a bitter lament that deserves to be heard" . Fox News . Retrieved October 2, 2017 . Nelson, Sean (September 7, 2017). "Ta-Nehisi Coates's 'The First White President' Is Required Reading, No Matter How Sick You Are of DFT" . The Stranger . Retrieved October 2, 2017 . " . Democracy Now! . August 15, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017 .Gettell, Oliver (June 12, 2017). "Ta-Nehisi Coates Unveils Cover for Obama-Era Book 'We Were Eight Years in Power' . Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved October 2, 2017 . Hassler, Chelsea (October 1, 2017). "We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy" . Popsugar . Retrieved October 2, 2017 . Young, Kevin (November 3, 2017). "Between the Presidency and Him" . The New York Times ISSN 0362-4331 .
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