7/5/2023 0 Comments Shomari willsThe book focuses on six historical figures and how they rose to their status and used their power for social justice, movements, to help their communities grow, and how they helped people of color to thrive. (description from Goodreads)īlack Fortunes follows the narratives of America’s first black millionaires. Between the years of 18, as the last generation of blacks born into slavery was reaching maturity, a small group of smart, tenacious, and daring men and women broke new ground to attain the highest levels of financial success.Ī fresh, little-known chapter in the nation’s story-A blend of Hidden Figures, Titan, and The Tycoons-Black Fortunes illuminates the birth of the black business titan and the emergence of the black marketplace in America as never before. While Oprah Winfrey, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Michael Jordan, and Will Smith are among the estimated 35,000 black millionaires in the nation today, these famous celebrities were not the first blacks to reach the storied one percent. The astonishing untold 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. Page Length: 320 pages (hardcover edition) Book Review: “Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires” by Shomari Wills
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