The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago

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"Born to enslaved parents, Anthony Overton became one of the leading African American entrepreneurs of the twentieth century. Overton's Chicago-based empire ranged from personal care products and media properties to insurance and finance. Yet, despite success and acclaim as the first business figure to win the NAACP's Spingarn Medal, Overton remains an enigma. Robert E. Weems Jr. restores Overton to his rightful place in American business history. Dispelling stubborn myths, he traces Overton's rise from mentorship by Booker T. Washington, through early failures, to a fateful move to Chicago in 1911. There, Overton started a popular magazine aimed at African American women that helped him dramatically grow his cosmetics firm. Overton went on to become the first African American to head a major business conglomerate, only to lose significant parts of his businesses-and his public persona as "the merchant prince of his race"-in the Depression, before rebounding once again in the early 1940s. Revealing and panoramic, The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago weaves the fascinating life story of an African American trailblazer through the eventful history of his times"--

Über den Autor

Robert E. Weems Jr. is the Willard W. Garvey Distinguished Professor of Business History at Wichita State University. His books include Business in Black and White: American Presidents and Black Entrepreneurs in the Twentieth Century and Building the Black Metropolis: African American Entrepreneurship in Chicago.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Anthony Overton's Early Life: Myth versus Reality

2. A Star Is Born: Initial Years in Chicago

3. The Half-Century Magazine: 1916-1925

4. Business Titan: The Douglass National Bank and the Victory Life Insurance Company

5. What Goes Up Must Come Down: The Impact of the Great Depression

Epilogue: Final Years and Legacy

Appendix A: North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company

Appendix B: Atlanta Life Insurance Company

Appendix C: Liberty Life Insurance Company

Appendix D: Victory Life Insurance Company

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780252084935
ISBN-10:	0252084934
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Weems Jr, Robert E
Hersteller:	University of Illinois Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk
Maße:	226 x 152 x 20 mm
Von/Mit:	Robert E Weems Jr
Erscheinungsdatum:	09.03.2020
Gewicht:	0,34 kg