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Alonzo Herndon

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Profession
Entrepreneur
Died
Jul 21, 1927
Zodiac
Cancer
Born in
Georgia
About
Famous for founding and heading the successful Atlanta Family Life Insurance Company, he is also remembered as the city of Atlanta's first African-American millionaire.
Family
The son of an enslaved African-American named Sophenie and a white plantation owner named Frank Herndon, he was freed from slavery at the age of seven. His child Norris B. Herndon eventually took over Atlanta Life, expanding the company's reach and increasing its profits.

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