Our kind of people

By Lawrence Graham

Subjects: African Americans, Upper class, Elite (Social sciences), Afro-Americans, Social classes, united states, Oberschicht, Upper class African Americans, Elite, New York Times reviewed, Social life and customs, Social conditions, History, United states, race relations, African americans, economic conditions, Race relations, African americans, social conditions

Description: "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."