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Black Fortunes
- The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires
- Narrado por: Ron Butler
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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 '20s - self-made entrepreneurs whose unknown success mirrored that of American business heroes such as Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, and Thomas Edison.
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 1 percent. Between the years of 1830 and 1927, as the last generation of Blacks born into slavery were reaching maturity, a small group of smart, tenacious, and daring men and women broke new ground to attain the highest levels of financial success.
Black Fortunes is an intriguing look at these remarkable individuals, including Napoleon Bonaparte Drew - author Shomari Wills' great-great-great-grandfather - the first Black man in Powhatan County (contemporary Richmond) to own property in post-Civil War Virginia. His achievements were matched by five other unknown Black entrepreneurs including:
- Mary Ellen Pleasant, who used her Gold Rush wealth to further the cause of abolitionist John Brown
- Robert Reed Church, who became the largest landowner in Tennessee
- Hannah Elias, the mistress of a New York City millionaire, who used the land her lover gave her to build an empire in Harlem
- Orphan and self-taught chemist Annie Turnbo-Malone, who developed the first national brand of hair care products
- Madam C. J Walker, Turnbo-Malone's employee who would earn the nickname America's "first female Black millionaire"
- Mississippi school teacher O. W. Gurley, who developed a piece of Tulsa, Oklahoma, into a "town" for wealthy Black professionals and craftsmen that would become known as "the Black Wall Street"
A 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.
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In Prince of Darkness, a groundbreaking and vivid account, eminent historian Shane White reveals the larger-than-life story of a man who defied every convention of his time. He wheeled and dealed in the lily-white business world, he married a White woman, he bought a mansion in rural New Jersey, he owned railroad stock on trains he was not legally allowed to ride, and generally he set his White contemporaries' teeth on edge when he wasn't just plain outsmarting them.
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Not A Nice Man, But A Smart One!
- De AlTonya en 07-28-17
De: Shane White
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Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?
- How Reginald Lewis Created a Billion-Dollar Business Empire
- De: Reginald F. Lewis, Blair S. Walker
- Narrado por: JD Jackson, Christina Lewis
- Duración: 13 h y 59 m
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When six-year-old Reginald Lewis overheard his grandparents discussing employment discrimination against African Americans, he asked, “Why should white guys have all the fun?" This self-assured child would grow up to become the CEO of Beatrice International and one of the most successful entrepreneurs ever. At the time of his death in 1993, his personal fortune was estimated in excess of $400 million and his vast commercial empire spanned four continents.
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Outstanding- inspiring and instructional
- De Gavin S en 09-15-20
De: Reginald F. Lewis, y otros
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No Name in the Street
- De: James Baldwin
- Narrado por: Kevin Kenerly
- Duración: 5 h
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This stunningly personal document and extraordinary history of the turbulent '60s and early '70s displays James Baldwin's fury and despair more deeply than any of his other works. In vivid detail he remembers the Harlem childhood that shaped his early consciousness, the later events that scored his heart with pain - the murders of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, his sojourns in Europe and in Hollywood, and his return to the American South to confront a violent America face-to-face.
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A strange and terrible vehicle
- De Darwin8u en 02-07-20
De: James Baldwin
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The Original Black Elite
- Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
- De: Elizabeth Dowling Taylor
- Narrado por: Karen Chilton
- Duración: 16 h y 45 m
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This cultural biography tells the enthralling story of the high-achieving Black elites who thrived in the nation's capital during Reconstruction. Daniel Murray (1851-1925), an assistant librarian at the Library of Congress, was a prominent member of this glorious class. Murray's life was reflective of those who were well-off at the time. This social circle included African American educators, ministers, lawyers, doctors, entrepreneurs, US senators and representatives, and other government officials.
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Our History
- De Deidre Jackson en 02-23-19
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Black Titan
- A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire
- De: Carol Jenkins
- Narrado por: Susan Spain
- Duración: 11 h y 41 m
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A.G. Gaston, the poor grandson of slaves, was born in the Deep South in 1892. Over the course of his extraordinary life, he amassed a fortune of over $130 million and a vast business empire. The story of his remarkable life is written with eloquence and grace by his niece, an Emmy¿ Award-winning journalist and her daughter, who holds degrees from Yale and Harvard.
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Black Gold = Standing Ovation
- De 2Fresh en 01-20-16
De: Carol Jenkins
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Black Wall Street
- The History of the Greenwood District Before the Tulsa Race Riot
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Stephen Platt
- Duración: 1 h y 25 m
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Overall, Tulsa in 1921 was considered a modern, vibrant city. What had fueled this remarkable growth was oil, specifically the discovery of the Glenn Pool oil field in 1905. Within five years, Tulsa had grown from a rural crossroads town in the former Indian Territory into a boom town with more than 10,000 citizens, and as word spread of the fortunes that could be made in Tulsa, people of all races poured into the city.
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Bombs dropped on Black Wall St. wasn't mentioned.
- De Anonymous User en 05-03-21
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Prince of Darkness
- The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's First Black Millionaire
- De: Shane White
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 12 h y 48 m
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In Prince of Darkness, a groundbreaking and vivid account, eminent historian Shane White reveals the larger-than-life story of a man who defied every convention of his time. He wheeled and dealed in the lily-white business world, he married a White woman, he bought a mansion in rural New Jersey, he owned railroad stock on trains he was not legally allowed to ride, and generally he set his White contemporaries' teeth on edge when he wasn't just plain outsmarting them.
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Not A Nice Man, But A Smart One!
- De AlTonya en 07-28-17
De: Shane White
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Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?
- How Reginald Lewis Created a Billion-Dollar Business Empire
- De: Reginald F. Lewis, Blair S. Walker
- Narrado por: JD Jackson, Christina Lewis
- Duración: 13 h y 59 m
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When six-year-old Reginald Lewis overheard his grandparents discussing employment discrimination against African Americans, he asked, “Why should white guys have all the fun?" This self-assured child would grow up to become the CEO of Beatrice International and one of the most successful entrepreneurs ever. At the time of his death in 1993, his personal fortune was estimated in excess of $400 million and his vast commercial empire spanned four continents.
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Outstanding- inspiring and instructional
- De Gavin S en 09-15-20
De: Reginald F. Lewis, y otros
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No Name in the Street
- De: James Baldwin
- Narrado por: Kevin Kenerly
- Duración: 5 h
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This stunningly personal document and extraordinary history of the turbulent '60s and early '70s displays James Baldwin's fury and despair more deeply than any of his other works. In vivid detail he remembers the Harlem childhood that shaped his early consciousness, the later events that scored his heart with pain - the murders of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, his sojourns in Europe and in Hollywood, and his return to the American South to confront a violent America face-to-face.
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A strange and terrible vehicle
- De Darwin8u en 02-07-20
De: James Baldwin
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Black Elk
- The Life of an American Visionary
- De: Joe Jackson
- Narrado por: Traber Burns
- Duración: 22 h y 29 m
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Born in an era of rising violence, Black Elk killed his first man at Little Big Horn, witnessed the death of his second cousin Crazy Horse, and traveled to Europe with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Upon his return, he was swept up in the traditionalist Ghost Dance movement and shaken by the massacre at Wounded Knee. But Black Elk was not a warrior, and instead chose the path of a healer and holy man, motivated by a powerful prophetic vision that haunted and inspired him.
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The Evil That Men Do
- De Bryan en 03-23-17
De: Joe Jackson
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Defining Moments in Black History
- Reading Between the Lies
- De: Dick Gregory
- Narrado por: James Shippy
- Duración: 7 h y 37 m
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With his trademark acerbic wit, incisive humor, and infectious paranoia, one of our foremost comedians and most politically engaged civil rights activists looks back at 100 key events from the complicated history of Black America. Defining Moments in Black History is an essential, no-holds-bar history lesson that will provoke, enlighten, and entertain.
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How we see the world matters to how we tell storie
- De Adam Shields en 10-03-18
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A Higher Loyalty
- Truth, Lies, and Leadership
- De: James Comey
- Narrado por: James Comey
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In his audiobook, A Higher Loyalty, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like and how it drives sound decisions. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of powe, and a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader.
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More Than Trump: All Comey's Life/Working Years--
- De Gillian en 04-17-18
De: James Comey
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Black AF History
- The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
- De: Michael Harriot
- Narrado por: Michael Harriot
- Duración: 15 h y 42 m
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America’s backstory is a whitewashed mythology implanted in our collective memory. It should come as no surprise that the dominant narrative of American history is blighted with errors and oversights—after all, history books were written by white men with their perspectives at the forefront. It could even be said that the devaluation and erasure of the Black experience is as American as apple pie. In Black AF History, Michael Harriot presents a more accurate version of American history.
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LOVE It!
- De KMB en 09-29-23
De: Michael Harriot
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Our Kind of People
- De: Carol Wallace
- Narrado por: Suzanne Barbetta
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
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Among New York City's Gilded Age elite, one family will defy convention. Helen Wilcox has one desire: to successfully launch her daughters into society. From the upper crust herself, Helen's unconventional—if happy—marriage has made the girls' social position precarious. Then her husband gambles the family fortunes on an elevated railroad that he claims will transform the face of the city and the way the people of New York live, but will it ruin the Wilcoxes first?
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Very fun story
- De Jessica Crandall en 01-31-22
De: Carol Wallace
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Read Until You Understand
- The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
- De: Farah Jasmine Griffin
- Narrado por: Farah Jasmine Griffin
- Duración: 7 h y 56 m
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Farah Jasmine Griffin’s beloved father died when she was nine, bequeathing her an unparalleled inheritance in closets full of remarkable books and other records of Black genius. In Read Until You Understand - a line from a note he wrote to her - she shares a lifetime of discoveries: the ideas that framed the US Constitution and that inspired Malcolm X’s fervent speeches, the soulful music of Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, the daring literature of Phillis Wheatley and Toni Morrison, the artistry of Romare Bearden, and many others.
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Brilliant!!!
- De Shenelle Williams en 10-07-21
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The Black History Book
- De: DK, David Olusoga - contributor
- Narrado por: Dede Davi
- Duración: 13 h y 58 m
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Discover the rich and complex history of the peoples of Africa, and the struggles and triumphs of Black cultures and communities around the world. With profiles of key people, movements, and events, The Black History Book brings together accounts of the most significant ideas and milestones in Black history and culture. This vital and thought-provoking audiobook presents a bold and accessible overview of the history of the African continent and its peoples - from the earliest human migrations to modern Black communities and the African diaspora.
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It goes as far back as historical records allow to the present.
- De DJ en 01-06-24
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The Sixth Man
- A Memoir
- De: Andre Iguodala, Carvell Wallace
- Narrado por: Sullivan Jones, Andre Iguodala
- Duración: 7 h y 8 m
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The standout memoir from NBA powerhouse Andre Iguodala, the indomitable sixth man of the champion Golden State Warriors. Andre Iguodala is one of the most admired players in the NBA. And fresh off the Warriors’ third NBA championship in the last four years, his game has never been stronger. Off the court, Iguodala has earned respect, too - for his successful tech investments, his philanthropy, and increasingly for his contributions to the conversation about race in America.
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- De JKay en 07-08-19
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The Color of Money
- Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
- De: Mehrsa Baradaran
- Narrado por: Lisa Reneé Pitts
- Duración: 15 h y 10 m
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When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, the black community owned less than one percent of the United States' total wealth. More than 150 years later, that number has barely budged. The Color of Money pursues the persistence of this racial wealth gap by focusing on the generators of wealth in the black community: black banks. The catch-22 of black banking is that the very institutions needed to help communities escape the deep poverty caused by discrimination and segregation inevitably became victims of that same poverty.
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Both a Bridge and a Battle Cry
- De Darwin8u en 09-26-17
De: Mehrsa Baradaran
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Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem
- A Memoir
- De: Daniel R. Day
- Narrado por: Omari Hardwick, Daniel R. Day
- Duración: 8 h y 30 m
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With his now-legendary store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the 1980s, remixing classic luxury-brand logos into his own innovative, glamorous designs. But before he reinvented haute couture, he was a hungry boy with holes in his shoes, a teen who daringly gambled drug dealers out of their money, and a young man in a prison cell who found nourishment in books. In this remarkable memoir, he tells his full story for the first time.
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Textbook for the Ages
- De Joël j. Sylvain en 07-13-19
De: Daniel R. Day
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Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
- The History of Black Wall Street, and Its Destruction in America's Worst and Most Controversial Racial Riot
- De: World Changing History
- Narrado por: Daniel Morrison
- Duración: 1 h y 18 m
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On the morning of June 1, 1921, a White mob numbering in the thousands marched across the railroad tracks dividing Black from White in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and obliterated a Black community then celebrated as one of America's most prosperous. Thirty-four square blocks of Tulsa's Greenwood community, known then as the Black Wall Street of America, were reduced to smoldering rubble.
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I heard about the Tulsa Race Massacre on PBS
- De Mark en 05-03-21
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Before the Mayflower
- A History of Black America
- De: Lerone Bennett
- Narrado por: John Ridle
- Duración: 11 h y 43 m
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The black experience in America - starting from its origins in western Africa up to 1961 - is examined in this seminal study from a prominent African American figure. The entire historical timeline of African Americans is addressed, from the Colonial period through the civil rights upheavals of the late 1950s to 1961, the time of publication.
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Very informative, worth listening to thrice..
- De Alednam A Uonopk en 04-13-21
De: Lerone Bennett
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Black Fortunes
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- Shenica
- 10-06-18
I learned a lot!
it is hear to see real stories about the African-American experience. I am going to do more research.
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- JoCal
- 07-04-18
Great story telling
This was a well written, thoughtful and informative book, not only about black wealth, but the people and circumstances attached. If the story of Annie Malone is true, we need to make the edits in history to give that woman and her legacy due credit add its only fair.
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- Maurice Henderson
- 08-04-18
Great book
Excellent book should be a text book or reading assignment in grade school. These people made it what’s stopping us?
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- Damion Brown
- 06-03-20
Eye opening (and timely given race riots)
starts out as a borrowing recitation of some facts , but eventually gives some colorful context around how the first generation (right after slavery) of blacks were able to generate considerable wealth and the massive issues they had, with violence, deliberate sabotage, legal and social systems built to restrict progress ..also how ones beginning social position even for a slave (having a white father or lover) can be the difference in success.
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- Melvin Randolph
- 01-16-19
A Good Lesson
Powerful, Encouraging and Educational! This book provides a historical picture of the late 1800’s and early 20th century pioneers. Paving the way for future successors.
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- Product Tester
- 01-21-19
Absolutely brilliant!
Books like this should be taught in schools. A shocking true account of black millionaires.
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- Chris Williams
- 09-13-19
Much needed history on black wealth in America
This information is crucial for black wealth in America. We must continue to learn from the past in order to not repeat it!
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- Liz
- 11-05-19
Rich history
I really enjoyed the variety of stories and how they became wealthy. Every story was different and kept my interest. Good going, I would love to read a volume 2
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-07-19
AMAZING...A MUST READ!
The true details of each millionaire will allow each reader to evaluate their resilience and current financial standing. This book will remind the reader the importance of acquiring wealth and using the money tool to uplift one's own community. Thank you! Thank you!
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- Octavia Perkins
- 04-03-21
Our Struggles and Greatness!
I am preparing to listen again, sharing with my son's as well! These stories and the truths connected to them are some of the strengths we need, will and fight for knowledge as well as economic growth. Grateful for this much enjoyed listen!
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