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Learn the history of LaVilla and historic Black Wall Streets, CRE crowdfunding, and the future of wealth building and
historic revitalization.
Lost Fortunes: The Wealthy Black Women Who Built Empires Before the Civil Rights Act—And Where Their Wealth Went (Part 15 of 28, Henrietta Duterte)
Social elite, business woman, and Abolitionist Henrietta Bowers Duterte created wealth and history in business affairs and compassion.
Dr. V. Brooks Dunbar
Mar 314 min read
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Lost Fortunes: The Wealthy Black Women Who Built Empires Before the Civil Rights Movement—And Where Their Wealth Went (Part 7 of 28, Annie Turnbo Malone)
Annie Minerva Turnbo Malone (1869-1957). The wealthiest person in 1920's St. Louis, a self proclaimed "Beauty Doctor" and global success.
Dr. V. Brooks Dunbar
Feb 134 min read
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Lost Fortunes: The Wealthy Black Women Who Built Empires Before the Civil Rights Movement—And Where Their Wealth Went (Part 8 of 28, Sara Spencer Washington)
Business tycoons, golf course and hotel owners, serial entrepreneurs; these are the powerful Black women business owners of the early 1900s.
Dr. V. Brooks Dunbar
Feb 134 min read
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Lost Fortunes: The Wealthy Black Women Who Built Empires Before the Civil Rights Movement—And Where Their Wealth Went (Part 6 of 28, Maggie Lena Walker)
“Business means work, successful business means money, and money answereth all things.”- Maggie Lena Walker Maggie Lena Walker Maggie...
Dr. V. Brooks Dunbar
Feb 104 min read
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Lost Fortunes: The Wealthy Black Women Who Built Empires Before the Civil Rights Movement—And Where Their Wealth Went (Part 2 of 28, Mary Ellen Pleasant)
The early wealth builders were fearless, savvy, Black women. Meet Mary Ellen Pleasant and the rise and fall of a multimillionaire's fortune.
Dr. V. Brooks Dunbar
Feb 23 min read
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We're Getting Ready to Launch
The New LaVilla is a visionary real estate project rooted in a deep appreciation for historical preservation and community revitalization.
Dr. V. Brooks Dunbar
Jan 222 min read
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