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Bank president Major Richard R. Wright standing in front of the Citizens and Southern Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Major R. R. Wright, the founder of Citizens and Southern Bank, stands outside its doors. Wright created Citizens and Southern in response to the failings of other Black-owned banks. He kept his bank small, and it was one of the few to re-open after…
Brown & Stevens, The North's Leading Negro Bankers
This is a collage of staff photos and images of Brown &Stevens Bank. It was the leading Black bank in Philadelphia in the early 1920s before its collapse in 1925.
Negroes Plan Action to Halt Removal of Police of Their Race
A meeting is to be held to discuss the suspected plans of the South Street Business Men's Association to remove African American's from the police force.