Black Fortunes by Shomari WillsCall Number: HC102.5.A2 W55 2018
ISBN: 9780062437594
Publication Date: 2018-01-30
Provides a history of America's first black millionaires--former slaves who endured incredible challenges to amass and maintain their wealth for a century, from the Jacksonian period to the Roaring Twenties--self-made entrepreneurs whose unknown success mirrored that of American business heroes such as Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, and Thomas Edison.