If there was a Beyonce of the 1800’s maybe Mary Church Terrell would be the one to play the part. The daughter of a former slave turned first Black Millionaire of the South, Robert Reed Church who was an entrepreneur and land owner from Memphis. This is educator, writer, activist Mary Church Terrell. Born in […]
Robert Reed Church Sr. was a man of great stature in Memphis, Tennessee. He is known for financing and creating the first major black-owned urban recreational area in America. But his efforts did not come without great physical sacrifice. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/22016
