The Black professional middle class [electronic resource] : race, class, and community in the post-civil rights era / Eric S. Brown.

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.