Wallace was born, raised and educated in Bronzeville. For over twenty-five years he worked with Chicago’s many successful African-American entrepreneurs. His first published writing appeared in Joh...view moreWallace was born, raised and educated in Bronzeville. For over twenty-five years he worked with Chicago’s many successful African-American entrepreneurs. His first published writing appeared in Johnson Publishing Company’s Tan Confessions in 1951. Bronzeville’s Bootstraps has been his life’s most important work.view less