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Author:

Graham, Lawrence.

Title:

Our kind of people : inside America's Black upper class / Lawrence Otis Graham.

Edition:

1st HarperPerennial ed.

Publisher:

HarperPerennial,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

xii, 422 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--Social conditions--1975-
African Americans--Social life and customs.
Upper class--United States--History--20th century.
Elite (Social sciences)--United State--History--20th century.
United States--Social conditions--1980-
United States--Race relations.

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.

ISBN:

9780060984380 (pbk.) :
0060984384 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)43380866

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

SPPE104 -- Independence Public Library (Independence)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)