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Lost Fortunes: The Wealthy Black Women Who Built Empires Before the Civil Rights Movement—And Where Their Wealth Went (Part 8 of 28, Sara Spencer Washington)

Lost Fortunes: The Wealthy Black Women Who Built Empires Before the Civil Rights Movement—And Where Their Wealth Went (Part 8 of 28, Sara Spencer Washington)

Lost Fortunes: The Wealthy Black Women Who Built Empires Before the Civil Rights Movement—And Where Their Wealth Went (Part 8 of 28, Sara Spencer Washington)

Business tycoons, golf course and hotel owners, serial entrepreneurs; these are the powerful Black women business owners of the early 1900s.

Dr. V. Brooks Dunbar

Feb 13, 20254 min read

Lost Fortunes: The Wealthy Black Women Who Built Empires Before the Civil Rights Movement—And Where Their Wealth Went (Part 6 of 28, Maggie Lena Walker)

Lost Fortunes: The Wealthy Black Women Who Built Empires Before the Civil Rights Movement—And Where Their Wealth Went (Part 6 of 28, Maggie Lena Walker)

Lost Fortunes: The Wealthy Black Women Who Built Empires Before the Civil Rights Movement—And Where Their Wealth Went (Part 6 of 28, Maggie Lena Walker)

“Business means work, successful business means money, and money answereth all things.”- Maggie Lena Walker Maggie Lena Walker Maggie...

Dr. V. Brooks Dunbar

Feb 10, 20254 min read

Lost Fortunes: The Wealthy Black Women Who Built Empires Before the Civil Rights Movement—And Where Their Wealth Went (Part 2 of 28, Mary Ellen Pleasant)

Lost Fortunes: The Wealthy Black Women Who Built Empires Before the Civil Rights Movement—And Where Their Wealth Went (Part 2 of 28, Mary Ellen Pleasant)

Lost Fortunes: The Wealthy Black Women Who Built Empires Before the Civil Rights Movement—And Where Their Wealth Went (Part 2 of 28, Mary Ellen Pleasant)

The early wealth builders were fearless, savvy, Black women. Meet Mary Ellen Pleasant and the rise and fall of a multimillionaire's fortune.

Dr. V. Brooks Dunbar

Feb 2, 20253 min read

Lost Fortunes: The Wealthy Black Women Who Built Empires Before the Civil Rights Movement—And Where Their Wealth Went (Part 1 of 28)

Lost Fortunes: The Wealthy Black Women Who Built Empires Before the Civil Rights Movement—And Where Their Wealth Went (Part 1 of 28)

Lost Fortunes: The Wealthy Black Women Who Built Empires Before the Civil Rights Movement—And Where Their Wealth Went (Part 1 of 28)

History remembers the triumphs of self-made millionaires like Madam C.J. Walker and the quiet power of real estate moguls like Bridget...

Dr. V. Brooks Dunbar

Feb 1, 20252 min read

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