Earlier this year, New York City commendably acknowledged Wall Street’s complicity in slavery and the slave trade with a 16-by-24-inch memorial sign. Perhaps, though, given the current state … ...

Jeremiah Hamilton was America’s first black millionaire, accomplishing that feat around the time of the Civil War, when most among New York City’s population of African-Americans were ...

Don Cheadle has joined the behind-the-scenes team working to bring the story of Jeremiah Hamilton, Wall Street’s first Black millionaire, to HBO Max. Hamilton was the only African-American ...

Shane White talked about his book [Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's First Black Millionaire], in which he recalls the life of Jeremiah Hamilton, an ...

If Jeremiah Hamilton was given that advice, as well, he ignored it. Many of U.S. history’s most pioneering African-Americans, notes author Shane White, were advised to keep their heads down, ...

Jeremiah Hamilton’s life will be batted around by a group of TV writers who each have their own ideas about history, truth, power, and ownership.