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Title
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Black History Month Feature: Sarah Rector--Kansas City's First Black Millionairess
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Description
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File containing photos and biographical article about Sarah Rector Campbell Crawford, or Sarah Rector (ca. 1901-1963 ca.), "the first black female millionaire to live in Kansas City," and her husband Kenneth Campbell, Sr., owner of "a Hupmobile agency on 19th and [Vine Streets]," with residences at 2000 East 12th Street (a mansion still standing) and later at 2440 Brooklyn Avenue and 2418 Campbell Street. Description of Sarah as a native of Oklahoma inheriting family oil money from the government and leasers (including Walt Disney) there before coming to Kansas City in 1916 as a millionairess, entertaining at her mansion "guests such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Joe Louis and fighter Jack Johnson."
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Date
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1991-02-15
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Determined to Serve: The Story of Annie Malone
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Description
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Annie Malone, considered the first major black millionaire and philanthropist in the nation, made her fortune in the development and sales of hair care products and cosmetics. She created a company in St. Louis in 1902 called Poro Company, poro being a West African word meaning ''physical and spiritual growth.''
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Date
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2006
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
