The pervasive racial wealth gap can be attributed to many factors, but one that’s universally known is the lack of access to wealth-building resources among most minority groups. PayPal is honoring ...

The National Park Service is honoring the late Maggie Lena Walker, a pioneering Black banker and community leader, as July ...

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.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Volunteers gathered at a community event held in Richmond on Saturday to commemorate the 160th birthday of Maggie Lena Walker. The National Park Service partnered with the City ...

More than a century ago, Maggie Lena Walker made history as the first African American woman to charter a bank. The speech she made announcing her vision for the institution would resonate with many ...

assessments, staff the printing shop, and manufacture regalia, but the new enterprise, to be managed and run almost entirely by women, was eagerly anticipated. On [Jan. 15, 1905], more than five ...

*American history sometimes gets it wrong. The great accomplishments of American history somehow end up with Caucasian faces, overshadowing the monumental achievements of people of color. Ruth P.

The oldest surviving black-owned bank in the United States celebrates its 100th anniversary on Sunday. The founder of the Consolidated Bank and Trust Company of Richmond, Va., Maggie Lena Walker, was ...