Freedmans Bank

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  10/27/2022
  

  The Freedman's Bank Forum Obscures the Institution's Real History

  by Justene Hill Edwards

  Vice President Kamala Harris's recent remarks at the forum enlisted the Freedman's Bank to celebrate public-private partnerships between banks and minority communities. The real history of the Freedman's Bank shows why public-private partnerships and moral uplift are inadequate to promote financial equity.