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By the time Sunday retired, he was quite wealthy; in his 1907 book “The Negro in Business,” famed black educator Booker T. Washington called Sunday "the wealthiest colored man in that section of the state," estimating Sunday's fortune at $125,000, or more than $3.4 million in 2018 dollars. Washington wrote that Sunday "is said to pay taxes on $90,000 worth of property" and "owns valuable holdings in the principal business streets of the city, and employs steadily a force of men to repair old and build new houses."<ref>Washington, Booker T. (2006). ''The Negro in Business'', p. 236. Hertel, Jenkins & Co., Chicago.</ref> In 1900, in response to a question from a reader asking whom was "the wealthiest colored man in the South," ''[[Wikipedia:The Colored American (Washington, D.C.)|The Colored American]]'' said that "in real and personal property we think John Sunday of Pensacola, Fla. is the wealthiest colored man anywhere."<ref>"Queries." The Colored American. 8 December 1900.</ref> | By the time Sunday retired, he was quite wealthy; in his 1907 book “The Negro in Business,” famed black educator Booker T. Washington called Sunday "the wealthiest colored man in that section of the state," estimating Sunday's fortune at $125,000, or more than $3.4 million in 2018 dollars. Washington wrote that Sunday "is said to pay taxes on $90,000 worth of property" and "owns valuable holdings in the principal business streets of the city, and employs steadily a force of men to repair old and build new houses."<ref>Washington, Booker T. (2006). ''The Negro in Business'', p. 236. Hertel, Jenkins & Co., Chicago.</ref> In 1900, in response to a question from a reader asking whom was "the wealthiest colored man in the South," ''[[Wikipedia:The Colored American (Washington, D.C.)|The Colored American]]'' said that "in real and personal property we think John Sunday of Pensacola, Fla. is the wealthiest colored man anywhere."<ref>"Queries." The Colored American. 8 December 1900.</ref> | ||
− | Among the properties once owned by Sunday includes three of the four corners at the Belmont-DeVilliers intersection as well as property now occupied by [[Pensacola City Hall]] | + | Among the properties once owned by Sunday includes three of the four corners at the Belmont-DeVilliers intersection as well as property now occupied by [[Pensacola City Hall]] and the [[M. C. Blanchard Judicial Building]]. |
A longtime leader in Pensacola's black community, Sunday was also instrumental in the establishment of [[Escambia High School]], Pensacola's first high school for African-American students. | A longtime leader in Pensacola's black community, Sunday was also instrumental in the establishment of [[Escambia High School]], Pensacola's first high school for African-American students. |