1982. Coincidentally, 100 years after the peak Of 'The Gilded Age' the September issue of Town & Country magazine published a feature on the New York City's Black elite - their history, lineage, homes and lifestyles...

Unfortunately I can't find a fully digitized version online for all to read thoroughly - but some of those mentioned include...

Clilan B. Powell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._B._Powell

Ernesta G. Procope: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesta_G._Procope

Franklin A. Thomas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_A._Thomas

Richard V. Clarke: https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9506E4DE1E3AF93BA25750C0A9649D8B63.html

Richard Plantagenet Bourne-Vanneck: https://www.beyondblackwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/bourne-vanneck.jpg

Earl G. Graves Sr.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl\_G.\_Graves\_Sr.

Percy Sutton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Sutton