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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.

 

Originally posted 2019-12-11 03:56:18.

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A former sports and news reporter with the New York Daily News for 16 years, Karen served four of those years on the editorial board of The News, where she was a member of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize- and Polk Award-winning teams. She was also the paper’s first African-American female news columnist. As the head of Karen Hunter Books (KHB), an imprint with Simon & Schuster, Karen has published No. 1 New York Times bestseller True You by pop icon Janet Jackson, New York Times bestselling Kris Jenner and All Things Kardashian by Kris Jenner

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