Black Fortunes Book Review
Though this presentation is relatively detailed, i would have preferred seeing how the author substantiated specific claims within the chapters; Author terri schlichenmeyer of the bookworm sez, llc. Pin on Color My World Imagine living in a world where your humanity is always in question. Black fortunes book review . Black fortunes follows the narratives of america’s first black millionaires. Black fortunes eschews footnotes in favor of a concluding section, “source notes” where the author discusses the primary and secondary sources supporting his main arguments in the book. As the title suggests, the author portrayed the stories of six people: Mary ellen pleasant, robert church reed, o.w. The stories of black success against all odds will motivate entrepreneurs for generations to come. Black fortunes tells the story of the first six black millionaires during the period of reconstruction and going into the 1920s. Damballah is a collection of interrelated stories t...