African American Millionaires

by Sullivan, Otha Richard

• ISBN13: 9780471469285
• ISBN10: 0471469289
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-11-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Meet the black Achievers who attained the American Dream-from the early years to modern times "This wonderful book should be required reading for young people, who will learn how some of the nation's most successful Black men and women became role models." -Joyce Ladner, Ph.D. Robert Sengstacke Abbott Tyra Banks Matel "Mat" Dawson Jr. Joe L. Dudley Sr. Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds S. B. Fuller Arthur George Gaston Earl G. Graves Earvin "Magic" Johnson John H. Johnson Robert L. Johnson Quincy Jones Shelton "Spike" Jackson Lee William Alexander Leidesdorff Abraham Lincoln Lewis Reginald Francis Lewis Annie Turnbo Malone Bridget "Biddy" Mason Anthony Overton Mary Ellen Pleasant Russell Simmons Madame C. J. Walker Oprah Gail Winfrey Eldrick "Tiger" Woods Crispus Attucks Wright

Author Biography

Otha Richard Sullivan, Ed.D., a former science teacher and guidance counselor, headed Detroit’s program to infuse African American history into the public schools’ curriculum. He is currently a professor of education and psychology and the director of the ACHIEVE Mississippi Project at Alcorn State University. Dr. Sullivan is the author of two other volumes in Wiley’s Black Stars series, African American Inventors and African American Women Scientists and Inventors.

Jim Haskins, the general editor of the Black Stars series, is the author of more than one hundred books for young readers. His works include African American Entrepreneurs, which is part of the Black Stars series, and Black Eagles: African Americans in Aviation; he also collaborated with Rosa Parks on her autobiography, Rosa Parks: My Story. He has received many awards, including the Coretta Scott King Book Award and the Washington Post Children’s Book Guild Award for the body of his work.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(6)
PART ONE: THE EARLY YEARS
William Alexander Leidesdorff	7	(8)
PART TWO: THE CIVIL WAR YEARS AND RECONSTRUCTION
Mary Ellen Pleasant	15	(7)
Bridget "Biddy" Mason	22	(5)
Anthony Overton	27	(4)
Abraham Lincoln Lewis	31	(8)
PART THREE: INTO THE NEW CENTURY
Madame C.J. Walker	39	(4)
Annie Turnbo Malone	43	(5)
Robert Sengstacke Abbott	48	(6)
Arthur George Gaston	54	(7)
S.B. Fuller	61	(10)
PART FOUR: MODERN TIMES
John H. Johnson	71	(6)
Crispus Attucks Wright	77	(5)
Matel "Mat" Dawson Jr.	82	(4)
Quincy D. Jones	86	(6)
Earl G. Graves	92	(5)
Joe L. Dudley Sr.	97	(6)
Reginald Francis Lewis	103	(5)
Robert L. Johnson	108	(6)
Oprah Gail Winfrey	114	(6)
Shelton "Spike" Jackson Lee	120	(6)
Russell Simmons	126	(4)
Earvin "Magic" Johnson	130	(6)
Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds	136	(4)
Tyra Banks	140	(4)
Eldrick "Tiger" Woods	144	(6)
Bibliography	150	(2)
Picture Credits	152	(1)
Index	153