[image error] As a part of Black History Month, I wanted to share some of my own history. My great grandma, Susie Perkins, was born in 1902. She grew up on a farm in Mississipi and was only 14 when she got married and gave birth to my grandpa, Thomas Wright. When she was 35, she moved to Colorado Springs, bought a trash-hauling business and purchased several rental properties to rent to lower-income families. By the time she sold the company 12 years later, she had 7 trucks and 7 crews, and ended up own...
Published on February 02, 2019 08:17