cover image Aristocrats of Color: The Black Elite, 1880-1920

Aristocrats of Color: The Black Elite, 1880-1920

Willard B. Gatewood, Jr.. Indiana University Press, $18.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-253-20850-7

The ``colored aristocracy'' that flourished in American cities during the decades following reconstruction is the focus of this engaging study of an elite perched between black and white worlds. Photos. (Sept.)