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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Our kind of people
    sub title: inside America's Black upper class
  name:
    name part: Graham, Lawrence.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2000
    edition: 1st HarperPerennial ed.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xii, 422 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color ; 21 cm.
  abstract: Debutante cotillions. Million-dollar homes. Summers in Martha's Vineyard. Membership in the Links, Jack & Jill, Deltas, Boule, and AKAs. An obsession with the right schools, families, social clubs, and skin complexion. This is the world of the black upper class and the focus of the first book written about the black elite by a member of this hard-to-penetrate group. Author and TV commentator Lawrence Otis Graham, one of the nation's most prominent spokesmen on race and class, spent six years interviewing the wealthiest black families in America. He includes historical photos of a people that made their first millions in the 1870s. Graham tells who's in and who's not in the group today with separate chapters on the elite in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Nashville, and New Orleans. A new Introduction explains the controversy that the book elicited from both the black and white communities.
  table of contents: Origins of the Black upper class -- Jack and Jill: where elite Black kids are separated from the rest -- Black child experience: the right cotillions, camps, and private schools -- Howard, Spelman, and Morehouse: Three colleges that count -- Right fraternities and sororities -- Links and the girl friends: for Black women who govern society -- 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.
  table of 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 Boule, 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.
  note: Lawrence Otis Graham.
  note: Donated by The Department of Multicultural Services 20120920
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    topic: African Americans
    topic: Social conditions
    temporal: 1975-
  subject:
    topic: African Americans
    topic: Social life and customs
  subject:
    topic: Upper class
    geographic: United States
    topic: History
    temporal: 20th century
  subject:
    topic: Elite (Social sciences)
    geographic: United States
    topic: History
    temporal: 20th century
  subject:
    geographic: United States
    topic: Social conditions
    temporal: 1980-
  subject:
    geographic: United States
    topic: Race relations
  subject:
    topic: Negers
  subject:
    topic: Hogere klassen
  subject:
    topic: Klassenbewustzijn
  subject:
    topic: Identiteit
  classification: E185.86 .G644 1999
  classification: 305.896/073
  classification: 305.5208
  classification: 71.12
  identifier: 0060984384 (pbk.)
  identifier: 9780060984380 (pbk.)
  record info:
    record content source: BKL
    record creation date: 000201
    record change date: 20150922120234.0
    record identifier: in00002756215