by Sandra | May 20, 2019 | Black Leaders, Black Professionals, Videos
Before the Civil War, blacks learned the building trade to benefit their owners, but after the Civil War, they passed their skills to their children and these budding architects would eventually attend school and lead the way for other black architects. One of these...
by Sandra | Apr 28, 2019 | Black Leaders, Education, Videos
Homer B. Roberts was a WWI veteran and an electrical engineer. Not only was he the first black American car dealer but was also one of the first black retailing giants. He created a cutting-edge campaign of “class and distinction almost describes our cars and...
by Sandra | Apr 9, 2019 | Black Leaders, Videos
Frederick Postell Patterson was the first manufacturer, owner, and operator of Greenfield-Patterson Automobile Company. His first car debuted in 1915, built-in Ohio,the car competed with the Model T by Henry Ford and cost $850. Patterson’s carwas possibly more...
by Sandra | Mar 26, 2019 | Black Leaders, Videos
Last year a presentation was made to an after-school tutoring program for middle school students that shared the story of Victor Young, a Lamborghini merchant and media mogul. It was a huge success! The video was not about being a Lamborghini dealer; it was about how...
by Sandra | Mar 21, 2019 | Videos
Robert Sengstacke Abbott (1870 – 1940) was born of freeman parents and was given his middle name by his stepfather at the age of one. Abbott studied at Claflin University, Hampton Institute, and Kent Law School. He received his law degree in 1899, but could not find...
by Sandra | Mar 19, 2019 | Videos
Junius G. Groves (1859 – 1925) was perhaps the most successful black farmer and is referred to as the “potato king of the world.” Groves was born a slave in Green County, Kentucky in 1859. He was made free by the proclamation of Abraham Lincoln. In 1879, he was...
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