The original Black elite : Daniel Murray and the story of a forgotten era / Elizabeth Dowling Taylor.

"In the wake of the Civil War, Daniel Murray, born free and educated in Baltimore, was in the vanguard of Washington, D.C.'s black upper class. Appointed Assistant Librarian at the Library of Congress, at a time when government appointments were the most prestigious positions available for blacks, M...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Taylor, Elizabeth Dowling (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Amistad Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
Edition:	First Amistad paperback edition.
Subjects:	Murray, Daniel Alexander Payne, > 1852-1925. National Afro-American Council. African Americans > History > 1877-1964. African Americans > Washington (D.C.) African Americans > Social life and customs. African American leadership > History. Upper class African Americans > History > 20th century. Upper class African Americans > History > 19th century. African American intellectuals > History > 20th century. African American intellectuals > History > 19th century. African American librarians > Biography. United States > Race relations > History. African American intellectuals. African American leadership. African American librarians. African Americans. Race relations. Upper class African Americans. United States. Washington (D.C.) 1800-1999 Biographies. History.
Genre:	Biography. Biographies. History.
Physical Description:	498 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, genealogical table, portraits ; 23 cm
Format:	Book

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