Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class
Inside America's Black Upper Class
Author: Lawrence Otis Graham
The controversial book that exposed the black upper class and became a national bestseller was called "a must read" ("Publishers Weekly") and "a major contribution" ("The New York Times"). 16-page photo insert.
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The controversial book that exposed the black upper class and became a national bestseller was called "a must read" ("Publishers Weekly") and "a major contribution" ("The New York Times"). 16-page photo insert.
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Debutante cotillions. Million-dollar homes. Summers in Martha's Vineyard. Membership in the Links, Jack & Jill, Deltas, Boule, and AKAs. An obsession with the right schools, families, social clubs, and skin complexion. This is the world of the black upper class and the focus of the first book written about the black elite by a member of this hard-to-penetrate group.
Author and TV commentator Lawrence Otis Graham, one of the nation's most prominent spokesmen on race and class, spent six years interviewing the wealthiest black families in America. He includes historical photos of a people that made their first millions in the 1870s. Graham tells who's in and who's not in the group today with separate chapters on the elite in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Nashville, and New Orleans. A new Introduction explains the controversy that the book elicited from both the black and white communities.
About the Author
The author of fourteen books, including the "New York Ti
The author of fourteen books, including the "New York Times" bestseller "Our Kind of People", and a contributing edimes" bestseller "Our Kind of People", and a contributing editor for "Reader's Digest", Lawrence Otis Graham's work has ator for "Reader's Digest", Lawrence Otis Graham's work has also appeared in the "New York Times", "Essence", and "The Belso appeared in the "New York Times", "Essence", and "The Best American Essays". He lives with his wife in Manhattan andst American Essays". He lives with his wife in Manhattan and Ch
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Debutante cotillions. Million-dollar homes. Summers in Martha's Vineyard. Membership in the Links, Jack & Jill, Deltas, Boule, and AKAs. An obsession with the right schools, families, social clubs, and skin complexion. This is the world of the black upper class and the focus of the first book written about the black elite by a member of this hard-to-penetrate group. Author and TV commentator Lawrence Otis Graham, one of the nation's most prominent spokesmen on race and class, spent six years interviewing the wealthiest black families in America. He includes historical photos of a people that made their first millions in the 1870s. Graham tells who's in and who's not in the group today with separate chapters on the elite in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Nashville, and New Orleans. A new Introduction explains the controversy that the book elicited from both the black and white communities.
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