Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class

"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 America’s Black upper class and the focus of the first book written about the black elite by a member of this hard...