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We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates
03 Oct 2017
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/168273to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Were Eight Years in Power Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates Narrator: Beresford Bennett Format: mp3 Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins Release date: 10-03-17 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 2,389 ratings Genres: Racism & Discrimination Publisher's 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 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".
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