An edition of Our kind of people (1999)

Our kind of people

inside America's Black upper class

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An edition of Our kind of people (1999)

Our kind of people

inside America's Black upper class

1st ed.
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  • 3 Want to read
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"The first book written about the insular world of the black upper class by a member of this hard-to-penetrate group. A conservative network of families dating back to the first black millionaires of the 1880s, the black elite has developed its own rules for membership and for maintaining a place in a world that is unaware of its vast contributions."

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HarperCollins
Language
English
Pages
418

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Our kind of people: inside America's Black upper class
1999, HarperCollins
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Our kind of people: inside America's Black upper class
1999, HarperCollins
in English - 1st ed.

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Table of Contents

The origins of the black upper class
Jack and Jill: where elite black kids are separated from the rest
The black child experience: the right cotillions, camps, and private schools
Howard, Spelman, and Morehouse: three colleges that count
The right fraternities and sororities
The links and the girl friends: for black women who govern society
The Boulé, the Guardsmen, and other groups for elite black men
Vacation spots for the black elite
Black elite in Chicago
Black elite in Washington, D.C.
Black elite in New York City
Black elite in Memphis
Black elite in Detroit
Black elite in Atlanta
Other cities for the black elite: Nashville, New Orleans, Tuskegee, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia
Passing for white: when the "brown paper bag test" isn't enough.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.896/073
Library of Congress
E185.86 .G644 1999, E185.86.G644 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 418 p., [16] p. of plates :
Number of pages
418

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24733076M
Internet Archive
ourkindofpeoplei00grah
ISBN 10
0060183527
ISBN 13
9780060183523
LCCN
98034046
OCLC/WorldCat
39695674, 98034046

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