Leading the race : the transformation of the Black elite in the nation's capital, 1880-1920

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Title:

Leading the race : the transformation of the Black elite in the nation's capital, 1880-1920

Author:

Moore, Jacqueline M., 1965-

Personal Author:

Moore, Jacqueline M., 1965-

Publication Information:

Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1999.

Physical Description:

xiii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Language:

English

Contents:

The Washington Black elite: an 1880s overview -- The family -- Culture and leisure -- The church -- Primary and secondary education -- Howard University and higher education -- Occupation and enterprise -- Charitable, professional, and fraternal organizations -- Race and racial uplift.

Subject Term:

African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.

African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.

Elite (Social sciences) -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.

Elite (Social sciences) -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century.

Geographic Term:

Washington (D.C.) -- Race relations.

Washington (D.C.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.

Washington (D.C.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.

ISBN:

9780813919034

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