The original Black elite
Subtitle: Daniel Murray and the story of a forgotten era
By: Elizabeth Dowling Taylor
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers; Amistad Press; Amistad
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9780062346094
Subjects: Social life and customs; Race relations; Upper class African Americans; National Afro-American Council; African American leadership; African American librarians; African Americans; African American intellectuals; Biography; History
Description: "Chronicles a critical yet overlooked chapter in American history: the inspiring rise and calculated fall of the black elite, from Emancipation through Reconstruction to the Jim Crow Era embodied in the experiences of an influential figure of the time, academic, entrepreneur, and political activist and black history pioneer Daniel Murray"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-464) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Up and coming; title: The good wife; title: The Black elite; title: The good life; title: The good citizen; title: Activist couple; title: Backsliding; title: Confronting lost ground; title: National Afro-American Council; title: Black history pioneer; title: Courting controversy; title: Struggling; title: Father and sons; title: Disillusioned; title: Life's work; title: Ironic fruits; title: New negro/old cit; title: Epilogue.