Alonzo+Herndon

==About Me: Hi, my name is Alonzo Herndon and i was born into slavery on June 26,1858. i am now deceased and i rest in peace. I died on July 21,1927 as the wealthiest black citizen in Atlanta. My mother was a slave, my father was a white slave owner. When the Civil War ended,my father forced my mother, my brother,my grandparents, and i to all leave. I was only four years old when President Abraham Lincoln's Proclamation of January 1, 1863, freed the slaves in the Southern states that had seceded from the Union to join the Confederacy,but was seven when Frank Herndon released them when the war ended. This event had a huge impact on my life.from this point on i knew that i wanted to be a person to make a big impact on the south. at first i was a barber and entrepreneur. As i grew older i became the founder and president of the Atlanta life insurance company, one of the most sucessful black-owned insurance businesses in the nation. == =Activities: I owned three shops in Atlanta at 66 Peachtree Street with crystal chandeliers and gold fixture. UIt was advertised as the largest and best barbershop in the region. My Black Barbers and I was known from Richmond all the way to mobile as the best Barbers in the South we try our best to improve and work hard "teamwork". The racial practices of the era, my barbers served an exclusively white clientele composed of the city's leading lawyers, judges, politicians, and businessmen. = Friends __W.E.B. DuBouis __ Booker T. Washington Lugenia Hope John Hope.

Speech Hello I am Alonzo Herndon. “The changes I have seen in my life since being born into slavery then going to being the wealthiest African American in the Georgia. What I want to encourage to people is to stop racial prejudice and that I want to encourage my fellow African Americans to start their own businesses because anyone could become the a successful entrepreneur like I am. I am trying to show that anything is possible no matter the color of your skin.” media type="file" key="Alonzo herndon.wav" width="300" height="50"  
 *  You must ensure the people must important to you so buy Atlanta Life Insurance. ||