Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class by Lawrence Otis Graham

Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class

Lawrence Otis Graham

406 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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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...

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