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Our Kind of People
Inside America's Black Upper ClassBy Lawrence Otis GrahamNarrated by Rhett Samuel PriceLength16h 42m
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"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, who 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.
Audiobook details
GenrePsychology, History
Length16 hrs 42 mins
Narrated byRhett Samuel Price
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJul 15, 2025
LanguageEnglish
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