![]() What really stands out about the book, at least for those who'd already read those pieces, are the short, opening reflective articles that precede each of the chapters. Those essays are:Ģ008: " This is How We Lost to the White Man" (about Bill Cosby)Ģ009: " American Girl" (about Michelle Obama)Ģ011: " Why Do So Few Blacks Study the Civil War?"Ģ015: " The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration" ![]() The book includes eight main chapters of Coates's previously published articles in The Atlantic. His book We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy will be released next month. While Obama's presidency will no doubt come up in my courses, the 8-year run that I plan to devote attention to in my classes involves the work and remarkable reception of Ta-Nehisi Coates. I, on the other hand, study and teach courses focusing on black writers and African American literary histories. I suspect history professors will cover extended units, if not courses, on Obama. ![]() There's so much to reflect on and consider. For years to come, scholars will look back on the 8 years of Barack Obama's historic presidency. ![]()
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