Alonzo Herndon

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African-American businessperson businessperson company founder entrepreneur human

Alonzo Herndon was a formerly enslaved man who became a prominent Atlanta entrepreneur and founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, making him one of the first Black millionaires in the United States.

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Alonzo Herndon canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African-American businessperson ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
company founder ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
basedIn Atlanta ⓘ
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
businessHeadquarters Sweet Auburn neighborhood ⓘ
surface form: Sweet Auburn district, Atlanta
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1858-06-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1927-07-21 ⓘ
era Jim Crow laws ⓘ
surface form: Jim Crow era
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Herndon ⓘ
founded Atlanta Life Insurance Company ⓘ
foundedInYear 1905 ⓘ
foundedOrganizationType life insurance company ⓘ
givenName Alonzo ⓘ
hasChild Norris B. Herndon ⓘ
hasLegacy Atlanta Life Insurance Company as one of the largest Black-owned insurance firms in the U.S. ⓘ
hasResidence Herndon Home ⓘ
surface form: Herndon Home, Atlanta
heritageDesignationOfResidence National Historic Landmark ⓘ
surface form: National Historic Landmark (Herndon Home)
knownFor economic leadership in Atlanta’s Black community ⓘ
philanthropy in African-American education and civic causes ⓘ
movement African-American business movement ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first Black millionaires in the United States ⓘ
building a major African-American–owned insurance company in the early 20th century ⓘ
notableWork founding of Atlanta Life Insurance Company ⓘ
occupation barber ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
insurance executive ⓘ
owned barbershops in Atlanta ⓘ
real estate in Atlanta ⓘ
placeOfBirth Walton County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Atlanta ⓘ
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
religion Baptist ⓘ
residence Atlanta ⓘ
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
sexOrGender male ⓘ
socialStatusAtBirth enslaved person ⓘ
spouse Adrienne McNeil Herndon ⓘ
Jessie Gillespie Herndon ⓘ
stateOfBirth Georgia ⓘ
stateOfDeath Georgia ⓘ
workedIn insurance industry ⓘ
personal grooming and barbering industry ⓘ

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South-View Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia, United States → hasNotableBurial → Alonzo Herndon ⓘ
subject surface form: South-View Cemetery
Atlanta Life Insurance Company → foundedBy → Alonzo Herndon ⓘ
Atlanta Life Insurance Company → notableFounder → Alonzo Herndon ⓘ
Atlanta Life Insurance Company → hasKeyPerson → Alonzo Herndon ⓘ
Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia, United States → hasNotableBurial → Alonzo Herndon ⓘ
subject surface form: Westview Cemetery