Aristocrats of Color : The Black Elite, 1880 1920

Preface ix PART I ORIGINS Prologue 3(4) Background and Antecedents 7(31) PART II PEOPLE AND PLACES Prologue 33(5) Washington: Capital of the Colored Aristocracy 38(31) Aristocrats of Color in the South 69(28) The ``Upper Tens'' in the Northeast 97(20) Elites in the Midwest and West 117(36) PART III COLOR, CULTURE, AND BEHAVIOR Prologue 145(8) The Color Factor 153(34) The Genteel Performance 187(29) Upper-Class Club Life 216(39) The Education of the Elite 255(26) Churches of the Aristocracy 281(29) Aristocrats of Color and Jim Crow 310(34) PART IV CHANGES AND CONTINUITIES Prologue 337(7) Into the 1920s 344(19) Notes 363(88) Bibliography 451(2) Index 453