Black Fortunes by Shomari Wills
Have you ever heard of Robert Church or Mary Ellen Pleasant? Me either. Not until I read about their stories of triumph and thriving through one of the harshest periods in American history for Black people…during and right after slavery. Despite it all, they amassed millions, wielded and amassed power and many of them laid the foundation and the blueprint for other millionaires to come. These are the stories that aren’t taught in our schools but these are the stories of hope and inspiration that are a must for our children to know.
