How this African-American funeral home owner born into poverty in 1890s amassed $130M fortune

Arthur George (A.G.) Gaston rose from poverty in the Deep South to a fortune worth well over $130 million by the year he died. He also left behind a business empire that spanned real estate, insurance, and communications, according to the book about his life entitled “Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a...