Who was the son of a white master and a slave that went on to found the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, one of the most successful black-owned insurance businesses in the nation?

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Alonzo Herndon
Alonzo Herndon

W.E.B. DuBois
W.E.B. DuBois

Maynard Jackson
Maynard Jackson

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The correct answer is Alonzo Herndon. He was the son of a white master and an enslaved woman, and he went on to found the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, which became one of the most successful black-owned insurance businesses in the nation.