Businessman First Remembering Henry G. Parks, Jr. 1916-1989 Capturing the Life of a Businessman Who Was African American A Biography. For those who remember the radio, television, and billboard ads: "More Parks Sausages Mom." "Please!" this was a household slogan up and down the eastern seaboard. Most people do not know that Mr. Parks was African American. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia, raised in Dayton, Ohio, worked in New York City and created, built, and headquartered his Parks Sausage Inc, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the first African American to issue stock on the New York Stock Exchange. He served on the boards of Warner Lambert, W. R. Grace & Company, Signal Companies, Magnavox, First Pennsylvania Corporation He was top sales representative for Pabst Brewing Company in 1940, he was elected for two terms to the Baltimore City Council, he was active with United Negro College Fund, the NAACP, the Urban League, the Baltimore YMCA, the Baltimore Arena Players and the Greater Baltimore Committee. This book represents a piece of African American History, that if not recorded in this book Businessman First, would be lost in American History.