TY - BOOK AU - Brown,Eric Semington TI - The Black professional middle class: race, class, and community in the post-civil rights era SN - 9780203076477 (ebook : PDF) PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - African Americans in the professions KW - California KW - Oakland KW - Middle class African Americans KW - Social conditions N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. The Black middle class : from the declining significance of race to racialized class formation -- 2. The growth and transformation of the Black community in Oakland : 1852-1965 -- 3. Swimming in the mainstream : racialized class formation and the Black professional middle class since the civil rights era -- 4. Black to black : "traditional" professionals and segregated clientele -- 5. The Black professional middle class and the Black community in Oakland -- 6. The Black professional middle class and racialized class politics : the rise, fall, and reprise of a Black urban regime in Oakland -- 7. Conclusion : social policy and the Black professional middle class UR - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203076477 ER -