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Alonzo Herndon builds a fortune
1905
Vine City, Atlanta
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Born enslaved, Herndon ran the city's grandest barbershop and founded Atlanta Life Insurance when Black families could not buy policies elsewhere. He became Atlanta's first Black millionaire. His barbershop was destroyed in the 1906 massacre.
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