The Resource Black fortunes : the story of the first six African Americans who escaped slavery and became millionaires, Shomari Wills
Black fortunes : the story of the first six African Americans who escaped slavery and became millionaires, Shomari Wills
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Resource Information
The item Black fortunes : the story of the first six African Americans who escaped slavery and became millionaires, Shomari Wills represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- While Oprah Winfrey, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Michael Jordan, and Will Smith are among the estimated 35,000 black millionaires in the nation today, these famous celebrities were not the first blacks to reach the storied one percent. Between the years of 1830 and 1927, as the last generation of blacks born into slavery was reaching maturity, a small group of smart, tenacious, and daring men and women broke new ground to attain the highest levels of financial success
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 6 audio discs (7 hr.)
- Note
-
- Title from container
- Compact discs
- Isbn
- 9780062797421
- Label
- Black fortunes : the story of the first six African Americans who escaped slavery and became millionaires
- Title
- Black fortunes
- Title remainder
- the story of the first six African Americans who escaped slavery and became millionaires
- Statement of responsibility
- Shomari Wills
- Subject
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- African American businesspeople -- Biography
- African American businesspeople -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biography
- Case studies
- History
- Success in business
- 1800-1899
- United States
- Success in business -- United States -- Case studies
- African American businesspeople
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- While Oprah Winfrey, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Michael Jordan, and Will Smith are among the estimated 35,000 black millionaires in the nation today, these famous celebrities were not the first blacks to reach the storied one percent. Between the years of 1830 and 1927, as the last generation of blacks born into slavery was reaching maturity, a small group of smart, tenacious, and daring men and women broke new ground to attain the highest levels of financial success
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wills, Shomari
- Dewey number
- 650.1/08996/073
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- HC102.5.A2
- LC item number
- W55 2018ab
- Literary text for sound recordings
- history
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Read by Ron Butler
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Butler, Ron
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- African American businesspeople
- African American businesspeople
- Success in business
- African American businesspeople
- Success in business
- United States
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- Black fortunes : the story of the first six African Americans who escaped slavery and became millionaires, Shomari Wills
- Note
-
- Title from container
- Compact discs
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
-
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 6 audio discs (7 hr.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9780062797421
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- s
- Other control number
- 9780062797421
- Other physical details
- CD audio, digital
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1019685560
- (OCoLC)on1019685560
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- Black fortunes : the story of the first six African Americans who escaped slavery and became millionaires, Shomari Wills
- Note
-
- Title from container
- Compact discs
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
-
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 6 audio discs (7 hr.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9780062797421
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- s
- Other control number
- 9780062797421
- Other physical details
- CD audio, digital
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1019685560
- (OCoLC)on1019685560
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- African American businesspeople -- Biography
- African American businesspeople -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biography
- Case studies
- History
- Success in business
- 1800-1899
- United States
- Success in business -- United States -- Case studies
- African American businesspeople
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