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• 100 1_ |a Weems, Robert E., |d 1951- |e author.

• 245 14 |a The merchant prince of Black Chicago : |b Anthony Overton and the building of a financial empire / |c Robert E. Weems Jr.

• 264 _1 |a Urbana : |b University of Illinois Press, |c [2020]

• 300 __ |a xii, 210 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 23 cm

• 336 __ |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent

• 337 __ |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia

• 338 __ |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier

• 504 __ |a Includes bibliographical references and index.

• 520 __ |a "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"-- |c Provided by publisher.

• 600 10 |a Overton, Anthony, |d -1946.

• 650 _0 |a African American businesspeople |z Illinois |z Chicago |v Biography.

• 650 _0 |a African American capitalists and financiers |z Illinois |z Chicago |v Biography.

• 650 _0 |a African American business enterprises |x History |y 20th century.

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