Aristocrats of color: the Black elite, 1880-1920
United States history
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Summary
Class has always been a powerful force in African-American society. Gates presents a scholarly study of elite black society--whose criteria for membership included "family background, good breeding, occupation, respectability, and color." He writes of elite blacks across the nation, focusing… on Washington, D.C., the "capital of the colored aristocracy." He also includes a comprehensive study of Senator Blanche K. Bruce
Title Details
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Copyright Date
1990
Book number
5743548
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Volumes
21
Braille code
EBAE
Braille producer
Braille International, Inc