The Founding of America's First Black Banks

November 21, 2019

Presented by Tim Todd

Tim Todd discusses the widely unknown history of African American banks that provided benefits to the communities they served. The Kansas City Fed recently published the historical book, Let Us Put Our Money Together: The Founding of America's First Black Banks. Discover how three banks – True Reformers, Capital Savings Bank, and the Alabama Penny Saving Bank – innovated community banking.