TY  - GEN
T1  - The merchant prince of Black Chicago : Anthony Overton and the building of a financial empire
A1  - Weems, Robert E., 1951-
LA  - English
PP  - Urbana
PB  - University of Illinois Press
YR  - 2020
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1124798487
AB  - "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"--
OP  - 210
CN  - HC102.5.O88 W44 2020
SN  - 9780252051920
SN  - 0252051920
SN  - 9780252043062
SN  - 9780252084935
KW  - Overton, Anthony, : -1946.
KW  - African American businesspeople : Illinois : Chicago : Biography.
KW  - African American capitalists and financiers : Illinois : Chicago : Biography.
KW  - African American business enterprises : History : 20th century.
KW  - Gens d'affaires noirs américains : Illinois : Chicago : Biographies.
KW  - Capitalistes et financiers noirs américains : Illinois : Chicago : Biographies.
KW  - Entreprises noires américaines : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - HISTORY / General
KW  - African American business enterprises
KW  - African American businesspeople
KW  - African American capitalists and financiers
KW  - Illinois : Chicago
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - Biographies
KW  - History
ER  -