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

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I remembered that once, as a child, I was filled with wonder, that I had marveled at tri-folded science projects, encycl — Ta-Nehisi Coates, We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
The fear had precedent. Toward the end of the Civil War, having witnessed the effectiveness of the Union's 'colored troo — Ta-Nehisi Coates, We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
Black people are not the descendants of kings. We are—and I say this with big pride—the progeny of slaves. If there’s an — Ta-Nehisi Coates, We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
And I know that there are black boys and black girls out there lost in a Bermuda triangle of the mind or stranded in the — Ta-Nehisi Coates, We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
There's a liberal story that limited opportunities, and barriers, lead to employment problems and criminal records, but — Ta-Nehisi Coates, We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
The precise ancestry of a black drug dealer or cop killer is irrelevant. His blackness predicts and explains his crime. — Ta-Nehisi Coates, We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
One strain of African American thought holds that it is a violent black recklessness—the black gangster, the black riote — Ta-Nehisi Coates, We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
I know now that all people hunger for a noble, unsullied past, that as sure as the black nationalist dreams of a sublime — Ta-Nehisi Coates, We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy