A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire
by
Carol Jenkins, Elizabeth Gardner Hines
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2009
The grandson of slaves, born into poverty in 1892 in the Deep South, A. G. Gaston died more than a century later with a fortune worth well over $130 million and a business empire spanning communications, real estate, and insurance. Gaston was, by any measure, a heroic figure whose wealth and influence...