Mind Your Money with MissBeHelpful

Season 1: E10

This week, protestors are bringing attention to the way Black people are treated in this country. It wouldn't feel right to just continue my podcast as normally scheduled, so I'm pausing for a moment to retell the story of Freedman's Savings Bank. Whether you know the story already or not, tune in to hear me tell it my way!

Show Notes

This week, protestors are bringing attention to the way Black people are treated in this country. It wouldn't feel right to just continue my podcast as normally scheduled, so I'm pausing for a moment to retell the story of Freedman's Savings Bank. Whether you know the story already or not, tune in to hear me tell it my way!

To learn more about Freedman's Savings Bank check these out:
1) Freedmen, Philanthropy, and Fraud: A History of the Freedman's Savings Bank: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0252003055?tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1

2) The Comptroller of the Currency and the Freedman's Savings Bank: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.2307/2717217

3) The Freedman's Savings and Trust Company and African American Genealogical Research: http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1997/summer/freedmans-savings-and-trust.html

Other resources mentioned:
-13th (Netflix documentary): https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741

-The Case for Reparations by Ta Nehasi Coates about redlining: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/

-Ever Heard Of ‘Black Wall Street’?: https://progressive.org/dispatches/ever-heard-black-wall-street/


More anti-racist resources and recommendations:
-I Am Not Your Negro (documentary): https://www.amazon.com/I-Am-Not-Your-Negro/dp/B01MR52U7T

-Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? (book): https://www.amazon.com/Black-Kids-Sitting-Together-Cafeteria/dp/0465060684

-Between the World and Me (book): https://www.amazon.com/dp/0451482212?tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

-1619 the podcast: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/podcasts/1619-slavery-anniversary.html

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