Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 352
Trim: 6⅜ x 9
978-0-7425-4185-6 • Paperback • September 2005 • $60.00 • (£46.00)
Lois Benjamin is Endowed University Professor of Sociology at Hampton University. She is the author of The Black Elite, Three Black Generations at the Crossroads, and Dreaming No Small Dreams: William R. Harvey's Visionary Leadership, among other works.
Chapter 1 The Color Line as Reality: Race Lessons, Patterns, and Propositions
Chapter 2 Manifestations of the Color Line: The Impact of Violence
Chapter 3 The Color Line Across the World of Work
Chapter 4 The Color Line Across the World of Academe
Chapter 5 The Color Line in Social, Religious, and Family Life
Chapter 6 Gender Politics through the Eyes of Black Women
Chapter 7 Styles of Coping
Chapter 8 Beyond the Color Line: An Alternative Vision
Chapter 9 Exemplary Visionaries: A Candle of Collective Consciousness
Chapter 10 The Color Line in the Twenty-First Century: Generational Differences
Praise for the first edition: Lois Benjamin's The Black Elite offers many insights?especially for white readers?into the obstacles black Americans face if they seek careers in what are essentially white organizations. . . . In her cool and quietaccount, Benjamin illuminates realities of race that most whites never have to think about....
— Andrew Hacker; The New York Review Of Books
Praise for the first edition: The Black Elite by Lois Benjamin is a first class hands-on account of the color true world where discimination and success meet in black and white America.....
— The New England Reviews Of Books
Praise for the first edition: [Benjamin's] assertions are so unequivocal that all readers must agree that the vicissitudes associated with racism transcent the status achievements of all African Americans.....
— Choice Reviews
[T]he best, most current, book-length documentation and interpretation of modern anti-black bias.
— Joe R. Feagin, Texas A&M University; The Chronicle of Higher Education
This work is captivating...a passionate work that captures the experiences of a particular social strata. It has appeal for both the scholarly community and broader society for it is written in a fashion devoid of much of the typical sociological jargon. The second edition of The Black Elite is a significant contribution.
— Delores P. Aldridge Ph.D, Emory University, Grace Towns Hamilton, distinguished professor emerita of sociology and African American studies, Emory University
Praise for the first edition:Lois Benjamin's The Black Elite offers many insights—especially for white readers—into the obstacles black Americans face if they seek careers in what are essentially white organizations. . . . In her cool and quiet account, Benjamin illuminates realities of race that most whites never have to think about.
— Andrew Hacker; The New York Review Of Books
Praise for the first edition:The Black Elite by Lois Benjamin is a first class hands-on account of the color true world where discimination and success meet in black and white America.
— The New England Reviews Of Books
Praise for the first edition:[Benjamin's] assertions are so unequivocal that all readers must agree that the vicissitudes associated with racism transcent the status achievements of all African Americans.
— Choice Reviews