September 6, 1905

Alonzo Herndon

He began life a slave but, at 47, Alonzo Herndon started the company that became one of America’s most successful Black-owned businesses. Alonzo Franklin Herndon was born in Social Circle, the son of a Black mother and a White slave owner. With just a year of formal education, he opened a barbershop in Jonesboro in […]

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At one point, Herndon owned more 100 houses and a mansion in Tavares, Florida.