Aristocrats of color
Subtitle: the Black elite, 1880-1920
By: Willard B. Gatewood.
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Fayetteville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9781557285935
Subjects: Bruce, Josephine.; Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898.; African Americans -- Social life and customs.; African Americans -- History -- 19th century.; African Americans -- History -- 20th century.; Upper class -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Upper class -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-452) and index.
Originally published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1990.