Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires by Shomari Wills

This week's theme: How to Find Success After Losing Your Job. This theme is inspired by this week's book: The country has just suffered a civil war. Households are divided, as is the nation. From the last generation of men and women born into slavery, an industrious group of individuals will become the first Black American self-made millionaires. One book tells their true story. The book is Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires . . . Find Alexis and Kari online: Instagram — www.instagram.com/litsocietypod/; Twitter — twitter.com/litsocietypod; Facebook — www.facebook.com/LitSocietyPod/; and our website www.LitSocietyPod.com. Get in on the conversation by using #booksanddrama.      

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Laugh out loud and fall in love again with reading! Thursdays, join life-long friends Kari and Alexis as they use literature to humorously explore pop culture and personal peculiarities. Travel across worlds real and imagined via dramatic readings of their favorite passages. Take a break from your routine with a book club that’s LIT! Find Alexis and Kari on social media @LitSocietyPod and get in on the conversation by using #booksanddrama. Lit Society is independently owned and operated. Support these women by listening on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Soundcloud, YouTube, and LitSocietyPod.com.