Dr. Fulton The Entrepreneur
Dr. Alvenia Fulton in her former store located at 53rd Street on the Southside of Chicago
Dr. Alvenia Fulton (1893 to 1999) had been a renowned dietitian and herbalist with a Health food store in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. Fulton stocked and sold her products and the products for over 50 companies in her store. Many famous people like Sidney Poitier, Muhammad Ali, Cecily Tyson, Martin Luther King, and Lewis Farrakhan regularly came by her store to consult with her and purchase what she sold. Customers in her store spent on average $250 and up on supplements, colon cleansers and other herbal formulas, prepared foods, green drinks, and books. Later Fulton set up an 800-phone number that people called to order products with cards that she shipped as far away as Germany, Italy, and France. She earned lots of revenue but nobody ever messed with her because she was a person of faith and they knew that.
