Our Kind of People Inside America's Black Upper Class

Name: Our Kind of People Inside America's Black Upper Class
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ISBN: 9780060984380

ISBN-10: 0060984384

ISBN-13: 9780060984380

Edition: 2000

Authors: Lawrence Otis Graham, Lawrence Otis Graham

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Debutante cotillions. Million-dollar homes. Summers in Martha's Vineyard. Membership in the Links, Jack & Jill, Deltas, Boule, and AKAs. An obsession with the right schools, families, social clubs, and skin complexion. This is the world of the black upper class and the focus of the first book written about the black elite by a member of this hard-to-penetrate group. Author and TV commentator Lawrence Otis Graham, one of the nation's most prominent spokesmen on race and class, spent six years interviewing the wealthiest black families in America. He includes historical photos of a people that made their first millions in the 1870s. Graham tells who's in and who's not in the group today with…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 12/22/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 1.04" tall
Weight: 0.792



Introduction to the HarperPerennial Edition


Preface



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 Boule, 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


Afterword


Acknowledgments


About the Author


Photography Credits


Index