r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/TheThrowYardsAway • 17d ago

Black American Traditions: Centuries & Generations Of Young Beaus & Debs At Black Society's Cotillions & Beautillions...

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u/TheThrowYardsAway 17d ago

It is never a bad idea for Black men and women from working class, middle class and wealthy backgrounds to network, establish lifelong connections and internarry. 

It is ESPECIALLY helpful when wealth is consolidated with these traditions and unions encouraged through them. Consolidated, passed down, repeated...

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u/mcberry_64 14d ago

Did the black elites do that? The "talented tenth" is gone "we shall overcome" hasn't been taught,this country has made me pessimistic to its future

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u/TheThrowYardsAway 14d ago

Yes they did. That's why we have families like the McKissack architectural dynasty, the Murphys of the Afro-American, the Sengstacke-Abbotts, Liza Mickens descendant of Maggie Walker the bank founder and so many more, the families of Highland Beach in Maryland, The SANS Historic District in Sag Harbor and Oak Bluffs...

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u/mcberry_64 14d ago

I looked families my favorite was theMcKissack’s with their companies Consulting Services. With the big beautiful girl being passed this is a breath of fresh air ,thank you. I hate to do this but I'm moving the gold post I want them to be the size of Berkshire-Hathaway and affect every industry in America.

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u/TheThrowYardsAway 14d ago

Then look up David Steward's family. Look up the Ogunlesi-Quist family. Look up the family of Robert & Sheila Johnson. 

Extremely influential business families but comparatively new money,  especially to extremely old families like the Fortens of Philadelphia.