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Robert Reed Church
1839–1912
United States
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Robert Reed Church Sr. (June 18, 1839 – August 29, 1912) was an American entrepreneur, businessman and landowner in Memphis, Tennessee, the first African-American millionaire in the South. Church built great wealth and influence in the business community.
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