In the early 1920s, Mamie George Williams helped register 40,000 Black women in Georgia to vote, overcoming Jim Crow laws that sought to deny them the franchise.
When 24-year-old Bob James became president of Savannah's Carver State Bank in 1971, he was one of the youngest bank presidents in the country. Now, after more than 50 years at the helm of one of the country's few Black-owned banks, he says he's ready to hand over the bank's day-to-day operations to his son.
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When 24-year-old Bob James became president of Savannah's Carver State Bank in 1971, he was one of the youngest bank presidents in the country. Now, after more than 50 years at the helm of one of the country's few Black-owned banks, he says he's ready to hand over the bank's day-to-day operations to his son.
In recent years there has been more reporting and recognition of the racial wealth gap the growing disparity in the family wealth in Black households as