New Book 'The Rise and Fall of the Freedman’s Savings Bank,' Examines Impact On Black Wealth | Atlanta Daily World
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The Freedman’s Bureau was supposed to provide wealth to the newly freed slaves after the Civil War ended. Instead, it failed. The result of its collapse is still impacting Black Americans in the U.S. some 150 years later. Award-winning journalist and author Rodney A. Brooks examines the bank’s history in the new book, The Rise … Continued

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The Freedman’s Bureau was supposed to provide wealth to the newly freed slaves after the Civil War ended. Instead, it failed. The result of its collapse is still impacting Black Americans in the U.S. some 150 years later. Award-winning journalist and author Rodney A. Brooks examines the bank’s history in the new book, The Rise … Continued

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