Aristocrats of Color : The Black Elite, 1880-1920 /
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. Professor Gatewood's study examines this class of African Americans by looking at the geneal...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Fayetteville :
University of Arkansas Press,
2000.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. Professor Gatewood's study examines this class of African Americans by looking at the genealogies and occupations of specific families and individuals throughout the United States and their roles in their various communities. --from publisher description. |
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Notas: | Originally published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1990. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (494 pages): illustrations |
ISBN: | 9781610750257 |