We Were Eight Years in Power
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Contributed by Andrea Barraza
Chapter Summaries
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Chapter Summary
Chapter 1
In the first chapter, Coates talks about a seminar that he attended in 2007 which entailed employment and job opportunities. He discusses the concept ...
Chapter 2
In Chapter Two, the author discusses several events that occurred in 2008. One particular event that Coates is keen to discuss is the Aspen Ideas Fest...
Chapter 3
In this chapter, the author specifically focuses on some of the notable accomplishments of President Obama during his third year in Office. The author...
Chapter 4
Chapter Four provides an analysis of the fourth year of Obama as President of the United States. Coates asserts of his dissatisfaction with the great ...
Chapter 5
Just like the previous chapters, the author designated Chapter Five for discussions on Obama’s fifth year in office as President of the United State...
Chapter 6
In this chapter, the author details how many white people were less willing to support Obama’s presidency. For many years, whites believed that blac...
Chapter 7
Chapter Seven focuses on the seventh year of Obama’s presidency as the author describes how the American story had never before been one for triumph...
Chapter 8
This is the last chapter of the book. The chapter starts as Coates reiterates Obama saying that Donald Trump couldn’t win the presidency when he fir...
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