Victory Life Insurance Company

CTL-E-1260 · Business · other · 1922/1923-1932

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Anthony Overton's insurance company (1922/23–1932), operated from the Overton Hygienic Building alongside his bank and realty company; branches in eight states by 1925; failed with the rest of the Overton conglomerate in the Depression.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from INST-001, ECON-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-ECON-001:ECON-063, CTL-DR-INST-001:INST-075; source research type(s): insurance, insurance company.

Sources

BlackPast.org; Library of Congress research guide; todayinafricanamericanhistory.com
Next City (2019)
Actuarial Review (CAS), 'Esther Tibbs, Actuary.' https://ar.casact.org/esther-tibbs-actuary/
BlackPast.org, 'Overton, Anthony (1865-1946).' https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/overton-anthony-1865-1946/
CommunityExcel.org, Victory Life account. http://www.communityexcel.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=358&Itemid=986
ar.casact.org, 'Esther Tibbs, Actuary'; blackpast.org, 'Overton, Anthony (1865-1946)'
communityexcel.org (single secondary account)

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