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Title The original black elite : Daniel Murray and the story of a forgotten era / Elizabeth Dowling Taylor.
Author Taylor, Elizabeth Dowling, author.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  973.0496 TAY    Checked Out
Edition First edition.
Description 498 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-464) and index.
Summary Through the story of librarian Daniel Murray, presents a cultural history of the African American elites who thrived in Washington D.C. during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Subject Murray, Daniel Alexander Payne, 1852-1925.
African American librarians -- Biography.
African American intellectuals -- History -- 19th century.
African American intellectuals -- History -- 20th century.
Upper class African Americans -- History -- 19th century.
Upper class African Americans -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- History -- 1877-1964.
ocls african american bio
ISBN 9780062346094 : $27.99
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