Our Kind of People Our Kind of People

Our Kind of People

Inside America's Black Upper Class

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Publisher Description

Now a TV series on FOX starring Morris Chestnut, Yaya DaCosta, Nadine Ellis, and Joe Morton.

"Fascinating. . . . [Graham] has made a major contribution both to African-American studies and the larger American picture."  —New York Times

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.

GENRE
Nonfiction
RELEASED
2009
March 17
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
448
Pages
PUBLISHER
HarperCollins e-books
SELLER
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
SIZE
1.9
MB

Customer Reviews

zeta20twu ,

Truth

Truth telling for sure. But it causes us to really look at what we are doing to ourselves that have others write about it.

ShinePresident__ ,

Must read

This was an in depth historical account and analysis of the Black Upper Class. I dont come from generations of prestige history but it does make me ask myself what can I do to start a new pattern. And that feels inspiring.

tdd830 ,

Educational

Great book that offers fascinating information we never learn about!

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