Title: Aristocrats of color : the Black elite, 1880-1920 /
Authors: Gatewood, Willard B., 1931-
Publisher: Indiana University Press,
Year: 1990
Subjects: Bruce, Josephine.; Bruce, Blanche Kelso,; Bruce, Josephine,; African Americans Social life and customs; African Americans History; African Americans History; Upper class United States History; Upper class United States History
Contents: "Each of the four parts of this volume is introduced by an exploration of some aspect of the life of the family of Blanche K. Bruce, the black United States senator from Mississippi. In many respects members of the Bruce family constitute the ideal or quintessential aristocrats of color." -- preface. (Blanche Kelso Bruce married Josephine Willson Bruce).