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The original Black eliteThe original Black elite

The original Black elite

Elizabeth Dowling Taylor

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"Chronicles a critical yet overlooked chapter in American history: the inspiring rise and calculated fall of the black elite, from Emancipation through Reconstruction to the Jim Crow Era embodied in the experiences of an influential figure of the time, academic, entrepreneur, and political activist and black history pioneer Daniel Murray"--Provided by publisher.

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OL20048194W

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Social life and customsRace relationsUpper class African AmericansNational Afro-American CouncilAfrican American leadershipAfrican American librariansAfrican AmericansAfrican American intellectualsBiographyHistoryAfrican americans, biographyLibrariansIntellectualsAfrican americans, social life and customsUnited states, race relationsAfrican americans, historyUpper classAfrican americans, intellectual life

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