About this title: This monumental work is a classic study of the black "aristocracy" which developed in the United States in the years following Reconstruction. Every American city had a small, self-aware, and active black elite, who felt it was their duty to set the standard for the less-fortunate members of their race and to lead their communities by example. Rank within this black upper class rested on such issues as the status of one's forebears as either house servants or field hands, the darkness of one's skin, and the level of one's manners and education.
Professor Gatewood's study examines this class ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Univ of Arkansas Pr
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9781557285935ISBN:1557285934
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: UNIV OF ARKANSAS PR
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781557285935ISBN:1557285934
Description: New. This monumental work is a classic study of the black "aristocracy" which developed in the United States in the years following Reconstruction. Every American city had a small, self-aware, and active black elite, who felt it was their duty to set the... read more
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