Black Business in the Gilded Age: Poro Beauty College
byBeauty culture was big business at the turn of the century, and just as the beauty industry liberated women like Helena Rubenstein, Harriet Hubbard…
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Black Business in the Gilded Age: Afro-American Realty Company
byPhillip A. Payton, Jr. (1867-1917) and his Afro-American Realty Company took advantage of the real estate “color line” in New York and helped to…
Black Business in the Gilded Age: C.R. Patterson Automobile Company
byBy the turn of the century, America was home to over 1,000 automobile manufacturers, including Ford, Cadillac, and General Motors. What automobile history does…