/tags/black-banks Black Banks en-US Copyright Fri, 07 Feb 2020 17:15:02 GMT /race-demographics/2020-02-07/a-north-carolina-black-banker-turned-civil-rights-leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks are iconic figures in the country’s Civil Rights Movement. But who led the charge in North Carolina? The… Fri, 07 Feb 2020 17:15:02 GMT /race-demographics/2020-02-07/a-north-carolina-black-banker-turned-civil-rights-leader Josie Taris, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-02-07/a-north-carolina-black-banker-turned-civil-rights-leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks are iconic figures in the country’s Civil Rights Movement. But who led the charge in North Carolina? The… Fri, 07 Feb 2020 17:15:02 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-02-07/a-north-carolina-black-banker-turned-civil-rights-leader Josie Taris, Frank Stasio /business-economy/2018-02-23/will-america-ever-close-its-racial-wealth-gap The black community owned 0.5 percent of America’s wealth at the end of slavery, and today that number has barely increased. A typical white household is… Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:31:19 GMT /business-economy/2018-02-23/will-america-ever-close-its-racial-wealth-gap Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-02-23/will-america-ever-close-its-racial-wealth-gap The black community owned 0.5 percent of America’s wealth at the end of slavery, and today that number has barely increased. A typical white household is… Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:31:19 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-02-23/will-america-ever-close-its-racial-wealth-gap Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2016-08-26/is-the-black-bank-movement-a-fad-or-here-to-stay From Atlanta to Chicago, black-owned banks in big cities across the country have reported a rise in new accounts during the past month. One of the oldest… Fri, 26 Aug 2016 14:36:54 GMT /race-demographics/2016-08-26/is-the-black-bank-movement-a-fad-or-here-to-stay Leoneda Inge