"Join Michael in his discussion with Professor #JusteneHillEdwards about her powerful new book, #SavingsAndTrust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank. Created after the Civil War, the #FreedmansBank was where tens of thousands of formerly enslaved people placed their savings only to have them stolen by corrupt white bankers."
#Freedmen #Reconstruction #ReconstructionEra #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #UShistory #RacialWealthGap #books @bookstodon @histodons
Book talk
"On February 10, 2025, historian #JusteneHillEdwards, was in conversation with Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian. They discussed Edwards’ book, "#SavingsAndTrust: The Rise and Betrayal of the #FreedmansBank", a comprehensive account of the Freedman’s Bank and its depositors"
replay: https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/the-rise-and-betrayal-of-the-freedmans-bank/
#Reconstruction #ReconstructionEra #WarAgainstReconstruction #Freedmen #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #UShistory #RacialWealthGap #books @bookstodon @histodons
Historian Justene Hill Edwards will discuss her book, Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank, a comprehensive account of the Freedman’s Bank and its depositors. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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