Eric S. Brown is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Missouri.

• 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 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