![]() 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. ![]() ![]() 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. 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. ![]()
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