From civil rights to Ferguson, Franchise reveals the untold history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America.
Read MoreMy book explores the lives of girls and young women who made the harrowing journey from the cotton fields of the Deep South to the dizzying streets of Chicago’s Loop. I chronicle their ups and down in the midst of a momentous period in African American history.
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A biographical essay on Amanda Berry Smith, an African Methodist Episcopal Church missionary, who founded the first orphanage for African-American children in Illinois. The orphanage became the Amanda Smith Industrial School for Girls.
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