Black Bourgeoisie: The Book That Brought the Shock of Self-Revelation to Middle-Class Blacks in America

A classic analysis of the Black middle class studies its origin and development, accentuating its behavior, attitudes, and values during the 1940s and 1950s.

When it was first published in 1957, E. Fra…

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