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Honoring and Maintaining the Legacy: U.S. Treasury Department Celebrating the Freedman’s Bank
Almost thirty years ago I first learned about the Freedmen’s Bureau and the Freedman’s Savings Bank (officially known as the Freedman’s Saving and Trust Company). While in college I was able to do further research on the legacy of freed Black slaves in America, and the one thing that stood in the way of their…
AME Church, AME Zion Church, economic development, economic empowerment, Emancipation Proclamation, February 7th 2016, financial dignity, financial empowerment, Financial Literacy, Freedman's Bank, Freedmen's Bureau, Freedmen's Bureau Preservation Act, Hampton University, Howard University, Jim Crow, John Hope Bryant, Natasha Foreman Bryant, Oliver Otis Howard, poverty, poverty eradication, President Abraham Lincoln, President Andrew Johnson, slavery, southern states, U.S. Treasury Department, Washington D.C. -
A Moment in History: I’m Still in Awe
By Natasha L. Foreman, MBA This article is so delayed it’s not even funny. My first draft was ready on May 3rd but I had technical difficulties with posting. But today is still an awesome day to share an amazing story no matter how many weeks ago it took place. A few weekends ago I had the…
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