This poignant poem reflects the yearning of African youth for opportunities to flourish amidst elders’ …
Read More »William W. Browne: from slave to founder of the first Black-owned Bank
Reverend William Washington Browne, a former Georgia slave, established America’s first black-owned bank. The “True Reformers Savings Bank” was the first black bank to be chartered in the United States. The Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers, a Black fraternal organization founded by Browne in 1849, inspired the bank’s name. The bank was established in 1888 but did not …
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