The Freedman's Savings Bank & Black Economic Futures

Thursday, April 17, -
Speaker(s): Justene Hill & William Darity, Jr.
Justene Hill is associate professor of history at the University of Virginia and author of Unfree Markets: The Slaves' Economy and the Rise of Capitalism in South Carolina. This year, she published Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank which investigates the fraught history of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company. This event will bring together Professor Hill and Professor William Darity, Jr., renowned scholar of economics and racial inequality to discuss the history of Black banking and Black economic futures.
Sponsor

History

Co-Sponsor(s)

African and African American Studies (AAAS); Center for Documentary Studies (CDS); Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity (The Cook Center); Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity (The Cook Center); Trinity College

The Freedman's Savings Bank & Black Economic Futures

Contact

Kolman, Craig
craig.kolman@duke.edu
919-684-7842