Meet the black Achievers who attained the American Dream-from the early years to modern times





"This wonderful book should be required reading for young people, who will learn how some of the nation's most successful Black men and women became role models."


-Joyce Ladner, Ph.D.





Robert Sengstacke Abbott


Tyra Banks


Matel "Mat" Dawson Jr.


Joe L. Dudley Sr.


Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds


S. B. Fuller


Arthur George Gaston


Earl G. Graves


Earvin "Magic" Johnson


John H. Johnson


Robert L. Johnson


Quincy Jones


Shelton "Spike" Jackson Lee


William Alexander Leidesdorff


Abraham Lincoln Lewis


Reginald Francis Lewis


Annie Turnbo Malone


Bridget "Biddy" Mason


Anthony Overton


Mary Ellen Pleasant


Russell Simmons


Madame C. J. Walker


Oprah Gail Winfrey


Eldrick "Tiger" Woods


Crispus Attucks Wright