Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal
3 Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism

Banking on Freedom

Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal

By
Shennette Garrett-Scott
Shennette Garrett-Scott
2019 • 288 pages

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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Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism

Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by Shennette Garrett-Scott, Alex Sayf Cummings, and Paige Glotzer.

Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal
Brain Magnet: Research Triangle Park and the Idea of the Idea Economy
Histories of Racial Capitalism

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