Living in a class apart.

Discusses the history of the black elite in the United States. The author's experience in thinking that there were two types of black people, according to how dark their skin was; Memberships of the black elite; Role of education and wealth in being elite; Slaves divided into two groups; Free blacks in the South before emancipation; Role of the churches in securing elite status; First American woman millionaire, Madame C.J. Walker, who was black.