Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Survived Slavery and Became Millionaires | Shomari Wills Kiese Laymon And the only one who

And the only one who could have fired Shawn’s gun was Shawn

cherished for over fifty years

and the secrets of their success-in their own words

Heart-racing and emotional

Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Survived Slavery and Became Millionaires | Shomari Wills Kiese Laymon And the only one who"By telling the little known stories of six pioneering African American entrepreneurs, Black Fortunesmakes a worthy contribution to black history, to business history, and to American history." Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times Bestselling author of Hidden Figures Between the years of 1830 and 1927, as the last generation of blacks born into slavery was reaching maturity, a small group of industrious, tenacious, and daring men and women broke new