RICHMOND, Va. -- Detectives are investigating vandalism at the grave site of Maggie L. Walker in the Evergreen Cemetery in Richmond. The number "777" was spray painted in green paint on the stone ...

Maggie Lena Walker was the first Black woman to found and serve as president of a bank in the U.S. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an expert in the fields of financial ...

In 1903, Maggie L. Walker opens the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, Virginia, becoming the first Black woman in America to charter a bank and become a bank president. — Source: Maggie L.

Maggie Lena Walker (1864-1934), born in Richmond, VA in the final years of the Civil War, became the first African American female bank president in the United States when she founded the St. Luke ...