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Lewis College of Business, was the first African American owned and operated business school for blacks in Indianapolis, Detroit, and Cleveland. Its founder, Violet T. Lewis, was truly a trailblazer, launching the school during the Great Depression. Click the link to learn more about this unsung HBCU.
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Black Mail: Special Delivery!! Born into slavery on a West Virginia plantation in April 1833, C.R. Patterson escaped to Ohio in 1862. Patterson obtained employment as a blacksmith for the Greenfield carriage-building business Dines and Simpson. Patterson eventually partnered with… Continue Reading →
