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2021 Milbauer Symposium: Reimagining the Black Past: The Futures of Black Power
April 1, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
“ ‘Something Bigger and Better’: The Rebirth of Black Banking in the United States, 1964-1983”
Dr. Brandon Winford (University of Tennessee)
Abstract: After the passage of milestone civil rights legislation in the mid-1960s, the United States experienced a rebirth in black banking. In particular, the emergence of new black-owned banks coincided with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Since the late nineteenth century, the majority of black banks operated in the South but increasingly these financial institutions cropped up in the North, Midwest, and West. This paper examines the social, political, and economic impact of black banking up against the backdrop of the black power movement in major cities across the country.
The event will be conducted over Zoom. For more information, contact Dr. William Link