We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates, 367 pages.

This excellent book is Coates's essays from The Atlantic magazine written during the Obama administration about the President, the First Lady, and race and race relations in America during the years 2007-2016.
Coates has a well-deserved reputation as a thoughtful writer about race and politics and he delvers here with a series of articles that track the progress of the Obama campaign and presidency, as they track Coates's growth as a writer.
An excellent book.