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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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Lost Fortunes: The Wealthy Black Women Who Built Empires Before the Civil Rights Movement—And Where Their Wealth Went (Part 1 of 28)
History remembers the triumphs of self-made millionaires like Madam C.J. Walker and the quiet power of real estate moguls like Bridget...
Dr. V. Brooks Dunbar
Feb 12 min read
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