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Robert Reed Church Sr. (June 18, 1839 – August 29, 1912) was an American entrepreneur, businessman and landowner in Memphis, Tennessee, who began his rise during the American Civil War. He was the first African-American "millionaire" in the South. Church built a reputation for great wealth and influence in the business community.
Robert Reed Church was an African-American entrepreneur and landowner who lived most of his adult life in Memphis. His father, Charles B. Church was a white steamboat owner-captain. His mother, Emmeline, was a mixed-race slave owned by his father.
19 de nov. de 2007 · Robert Reed Church, Sr., was a millionaire business leader and philanthropist in Memphis, Tennessee. Born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, on June 18, 1839, he was the product of an interracial union. His father was a steamboat captain, Charles B. Church, and his mother, Emmeline, was an enslaved seamstress who died when Robert was ...
Robert Reed Church Sr. (June 18, 1839 – August 29, 1912) was an African-American entrepreneur, businessman and landowner in Memphis, Tennessee who began his rise during the Civil War. He was the first African-American millionaire in the South. Church built a reputation for great wealth and influence in the business community. .
10 de ago. de 2016 · Robert Jr. was born in Memphis in 1885 and educated at the Hooks Cottage School, a private school founded by Julia Britton Hooks, the grandmother of the former national director of the NAACP, Benjamin L. Hooks, who died April 15, 2010. Robert Jr. went on to Oberlin College in Ohio and then to the Packard School of Business in New York, where he ...
Robert Reed Church Sr. (June 18, 1839 – August 29, 1912) was an American entrepreneur, businessman and landowner in Memphis, Tennessee, who began his rise during the American Civil War. He was the first African-American "millionaire" in the South. Church built a reputation for great wealth and influence in the business community.
19 de jun. de 2023 · Robert Reed Church, Jr. was a prominent businessman and one of the most influential black leaders in Southern politics during the 1920s. Church was born on October 26, 1885, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was the youngest son of a wealthy businessman. Church was educated at Morgan Park Military Academy in Illinois.
