Season 3: E7 | The Story of Freedman's Savings Bank (Rebroadcast)

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In honor of Black History Month 2021, I'm taking it back to an episode that originally aired on June 1, 2020 in order to highlight events that most people do not know about because just like financial literacy it is rarely taught in schools - Black history. This episode is a solo one, where I retell the story of Freedman's Savings Bank as I learned it myself after researching and digging through online articles and journals for hours. Whether you know the story already or not, tune in to hear me tell it my way because I am PASSIONATE!

To learn more about Freedman's Savings Bank check these out:
1) Freedmen, Philanthropy, and Fraud: A History of the Freedman's Savings Bank: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0252003055?tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1

2) The Comptroller of the Currency and the Freedman's Savings Bank: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.2307/2717217

3) The Freedman's Savings and Trust Company and African American Genealogical Research: http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1997/summer/freedmans-savings-and-trust.html

Other resources mentioned:
-13th (Netflix documentary): https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741

-The Case for Reparations by Ta Nehasi Coates about redlining: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/

-Ever Heard Of ‘Black Wall Street’?: https://progressive.org/dispatches/ever-heard-black-wall-street/

More anti-racist resources and recommendations:
-I Am Not Your Negro (documentary): https://www.amazon.com/I-Am-Not-Your-Negro/dp/B01MR52U7T

-Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? (book): https://www.amazon.com/Black-Kids-Sitting-Together-Cafeteria/dp/0465060684

-Between the World and Me (book): https://www.amazon.com/dp/0451482212?tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

-1619 the podcast: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/podcasts/1619-slavery-anniversary.html

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