Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Survived Slavery and Became Millionaires

“By telling the little-known stories of six pioneering African American entrepreneurs, Black Fortunes makes a worthy contribution to black history, to business history, and to American history.”—Margot Lee Shetterly,

Fortune’s Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt: The very name is synonymous with the Gilded Age. The family patriarch, “the Commodore,” built a fortune that made him the world’s richest man by 1877. Yet less

Fortune’s Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt

For fans of Downton Abbey, a real-life American version of the Crawley family—Fortune’s Children is an enthralling true story that recreates the drama, splendor, and wealth of the legendary