The old aristocracy ruled from palaces. The new aristocracy governs from institutions. Both are insulated from ordinary life. The difference is that one was honest about it.
In a letter published in the April 22, 1852, issue of the Frederick Douglass Papers, someone known only by the pen name "Ethiop" observed: "Quite a combination of enterprising Blacks are beginning to ...
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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. W. E. B. Du Bois with the Fisk University class of 1888.Digital Collections, The New York Public Library The Gilded Age was a ...
The Gilded Age was a period marked by rapid economic growth and prosperity. Soon after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, the Gilded Age ushered in a Black aristocracy. Many of the Black elite ...