01578cam a2200325 i 4500 771585010 TxAuBib 20171114120000.0 171012s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017039343 9780399590566 HRD 28.00 0399590560 HRD 28.00 DLC eng rda DLC NjBwBT TxAuBib rda Coates, Ta-Nehisi, author. My president was black. We were eight years in power [Book] : an American tragedy / Ta-Nehisi Coates. First edition. New York : One World, [2017] xvii, 367 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier First year: this is how we lost to the white man -- Second year: American girl -- Third year: why do so few blacks study the Civil War? -- Fourth year: the legacy of Malcolm X -- Fifth year: fear of a black president -- Sixth year: the case for reparations -- Seventh year: the black family in the age of mass incarceration -- Eighth year: my president was black -- Epilogue. 20171114. Eleanor Steele Blocher Endowment Fund. Coates, Ta-Nehisi Political and social views. Obama, Barack Influence. United States Race relations 21st century. United States Politics and government 2009-2017. African Americans Social conditions 21st century.