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==Biography==
Born into slavery, he was the son of his white master, Frank Herndon, with an enslaved woman,Sophenie.
Through his enterprises Herndon became [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]]'s first [[black people|black]] [[millionaire]]. His home, [[Herndon Home]], is a U.S. [[National Historic Landmark]]. His son, Norris B. Herndon, expanded the company into a multi-million dollar empire.<ref>"The millionaire nobody knows", ''Ebony'' magazine, October 1955, pp. 43-46.</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n4_v44/ai_7044962 Who left what behind: wills of famous blacks; while some left millions, others left nothing but legal problems | Ebony | Find Articles at BNET.com]</ref><ref name="nrhpinv2">{{citation|title={{PDFlink|[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/00000261.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination: Herndon Home]|32 KB}}|date=November 1999 |author=Frank J. J. Miele, John Sprinkle and Patti Henry |publisher=National Park Service}} (includes biography of Alonzo Herndon) and {{PDFlink|[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/00000261.pdf ''Accompanying six photos, of Herndon and family and of exterior and interior of mansion, from c. 1910, c. 1915, 1998'']|32 KB}}</ref> Herndon attended the [[First Congregational Church (Atlanta)|First Congregational Church]]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books/about/Our_kind_of_people.html?id=_FWTEBzgNdcC Lawrence Otis Graham, ''Our Kind of People: inside America's Black upper class'', p. 344.]</ref>
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