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Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire by Carol Jenkins, Elizabeth Gardner Hines Paperback, 344 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-10: 0-345-45348-4 / 0345453484 ISBN-13: 978-0-345-45348-8 / 9780345453488 The grandson of slaves, born into poverty in 1892 in the Deep South, A. G. Gaston died more than a century later with a fortune worth well over $130 million and a business empire spanning communications, real estate, and insurance. Gaston was, by any measure, a heroic figure whose wealth and influen |