How the Black aristocracy of the Gilded Age ushered in a new era of education and freedom

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"The Gilded Age."
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The Gilded Age was a period marked by rapid economic growth and prosperity.
Soon after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, the Gilded Age ushered in a Black aristocracy.
Many of the Black elite during the time owned retail and grocery stores and pharmacies.
In a…

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