and a Black presence in elite institutions was exceedingly rare. By the time Harris first won elected office in 2004, in contrast, she had settled in San Francisco, a city with a small and ...

Many of the Black elite during the time owned retail and grocery stores and pharmacies. In a letter published in the April 22, 1852 issue of the Frederick Douglass Papers, someone known only by ...

As high earning black households make income gains faster than other groups, it’s interesting to note the wealth dynamics taking place within the black community and the widening wealth gap ...

A decline in the already small number of Black and Hispanic students at elite law schools is troubling news for diverse students who want jobs at top law firms and as judicial clerks, they said.

Dunbar told the The Los Angeles Times that she aimed “to create a Black elite that respected and centered things like education, thrift, religious piety — things that would perhaps add to the ...

She has announced the release of her all-new history book, Royal, Black and Elite: A Tribute to Nobility and the Pioneers of Etiquette in Black History, and a virtual “royal” tour.