Title: Our kind of people
Description: "The first book written about the insular world of the black upper class by a member of this hard-to-penetrate group. A conservative network of families dating back to the first black millionaires of the 1880s, the black elite has developed its own rules for membership and for maintaining a place in a world that is unaware of its vast contributions."
Subjects: Social life and customs, Race relations, African Americans, History, Elite (Social sciences), Social conditions, Oberschicht, Elite, Upper class, Afro-Americans, Upper class African Americans, New York Times reviewed, African americans, social conditions, United states, race relations, African americans, economic conditions, Social classes, united states
Places: United States, Schwarze, USA
Time periods: 1975-, 20th century, 1980-