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The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago - Anthony Overton and the Building of a Financial Empire (Paperback)
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The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago - Anthony Overton and the Building of a Financial Empire (Paperback)
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Born to enslaved parents, Anthony Overton became one of the leading
African American entrepreneurs of the twentieth century. Overton's
Chicago-based empire ranged from personal care products and media
properties to insurance and finance. Yet, despite success and
acclaim as the first business figure to win the NAACP's Spingarn
Medal, Overton remains an enigma.Robert E. Weems Jr. restores
Overton to his rightful place in American business history.
Dispelling stubborn myths, he traces Overton's rise from mentorship
by Booker T. Washington, through early failures, to a fateful move
to Chicago in 1911. There, Overton started a popular magazine aimed
at African American women that helped him dramatically grow his
cosmetics firm. Overton went on to become the first African
American to head a major business conglomerate, only to lose
significant parts of his businesses-and his public persona as "the
merchant prince of his race"-in the Depression, before rebounding
once again in the early 1940s. Revealing and panoramic, The
Merchant Prince of Black Chicago weaves the fascinating life story
of an African American trailblazer through the eventful history of
his times.
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