Ellis’ dream of wresting power from the emperor was but one small moment in his boundary-breaking life. Eulogized as a ...

Salon. "Madam C.J. Walker Wasn't the First African American Millionaire." Library of Congress. "Daniel Murray: A Collector's Legacy by John Y. Cole." Library of Congress. "The Original Black Elite ...

The son of slaves, Ottaway Gurley would become a multi-millionaire and one of the richest African-Americans in the country.

On the advice of Robert Abbott, the owner of the Chicago Defender and one of the first African American millionaires, Coleman decided to learn to fly in France. Coleman learned French at a ...

Photographs, documents and artifacts illustrate Walker’s journey from growing up on an old slave plantation to becoming the first African American businesswoman. During her lifetime, Walker ...

The Reginald F. Lewis Museum is celebrating its 20th anniversary next month, and for the first time in its history, the ...