what to do over the summer? Some summer reads
Summer is here and so I thought is share a few books that you might enjoy while on holiday. Possibly the best political book I have read this year...when listening to on my trips is "we were eight years in power" by Ta-Nehisi Coates. The amazon note says it better than I could: "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. In this sweeping collection of new and selected essays, 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". But the story of these present-day eight years is not just about presidential politics. This book also examines the new voices, das, and movements for justice that emerged over ...