The original Black elite

By Elizabeth Dowling Taylor

Subjects: African american librarians, African americans, intellectual life, African americans, social life and customs, Intellectuals, National Afro-American Council, History, United states, history, 1865-, Upper class African Americans, African American leadership, African Americans, Biography, African American librarians, African American intellectuals, African americans, history, African americans, biography, Social life and customs, Librarians, Race relations, New York Times reviewed, Upper class, United states, race relations

Description: "Chronicles a critical yet overlooked chapter in American history: the inspiring rise and calculated fall of the black elite, from Emancipation through Reconstruction to the Jim Crow Era embodied in the experiences of an influential figure of the time, academic, entrepreneur, and political activist and black history pioneer Daniel Murray"--Provided by publisher.