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title: "The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era Hardcover – January 31, 2017"
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# The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era Hardcover – January 31, 2017

**Brand:** elizabeth dowling taylor
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- **What is this?** The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era Hardcover – January 31, 2017 by elizabeth dowling taylor
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## Customer Reviews

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    A Spoonful of Sugar...
  

*by R***R on Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2017*

Excellent book! Tells the story of Reconstruction's very good results, before racists were able to once again roll back all the Rights gained. Done by telling the story of one successful man, and his family (a true story, btw), keeping it very engrossing, while giving the chance to learn crucial information and our American history, that is intentionally glossed over and/or fully omited in schools.A great read!

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    A Vital Story in understanding politics and the social scene in Washington DC
  

*by P***E on Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2017*

This very informative book tells a part of history that has not been adequately told.  Daniel Murray was able to use his connections to become a Deputy Librarian at the Library of Congress, and then use that position as his base to build a national reputation while becoming the leading member of the Black Elite in Washington DC.  This sets up perspective for the devastating effects of President Wilson's re-introduction of segregation and purging of the black elite in Washington.  One needs to know this story in order to understand the politics and social scene in Washington today.

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    says it best.
  

*by S***Y on Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2017*

A must read for people who thought they knew so much about American racism.This book, his life and family, covers the decades that Americans have forgotten, or don’t care to remember.It is the basis for all that has been seen since the advent of the 1960’s civil rights movement, and the clear reason for that movement, rooted in a four hundred year exclusion and denigration of one part of the human race.And that is the America many don’t care to talk about. Smiling Faces Tell Lies, a song of the seventies, says it best.

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