Banking on Freedom
Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal
Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal
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.
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0 released booksColumbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism is a 1-book series first released in 2019 with contributions by Shennette Garrett-Scott, Josh Lauer, and Paige Glotzer.
