Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal

Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal

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Author/Contributor(s): Garrett-Scott, Shennette
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date: 05/07/2019
Binding: Paperback
Condition: NEW
Shennette Garrett-Scott explores black financial innovation and its transformative impact on U.S. capitalism through the story of the St. Luke Bank in Richmond, Virginia: the first and only bank run by black women. Banking on Freedom offers an unparalleled account of how black women carved out economic, social, and political power.