Aristocrats of color : the Black elite, 1880-1920 / Willard B. Gatewood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gatewood, Willard B., Jr. (Willard Badgett), 1931- author.

Series:

Black Community Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bruce, Josephine, 1853-1923.

Bruce, Josephine.

Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898.

Bruce, Blanche Kelso.

African Americans--Social life and customs.

African Americans.

African Americans--History--19th century.

African Americans--History--20th century.

Upper class--United States--History--19th century.

Upper class.

Upper class--United States--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (495 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville, [Arkansas] : University of Arkansas Press, 2000.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Part I. Origins

Prologue

1. Background and Antecedents

Part II. People and Places

2. Washington: Capital of the Colored Aristocracy

3. Aristocrats of Color in the South

4. The "Upper Tens" in the Northeast

5. Elites in the Midwest and West

Part III. Color, Culture, and Behavior

6. The Color Factor

7. The Genteel Performance

8. Upper-Class Club Life

9. The Education of the Elite

10. Churches of the Aristocracy

11. Aristocrats of Color and Jim Crow

Part IV. Changes and Continuities

12. Into the 1920s

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61075-025-X

OCLC:

1004614974