Interview: Charles A. Ealy, May 10, 1985

Interview: Charles A. Ealy, May 10, 1985

Depressions--1929.

Migration, Internal.

African American banks.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions.

African American business enterprises

African Americans--Southern States.

African Americans--Economic conditions.

African Americans--Social conditions.

Born in Mariana, Florida, Charles Ealy (1895-1990) lived and worked in Jacksonville before moving to Philadelphia to take a position with Citizens and Southern Bank. In his 1985 interview, Ealy talks about the African American banking industry and businesses in Philadelphia, his relationship with Major R.R. Wright Sr. (1855-1947) the bank's founder and president, the fall of Brown & Stevens Bank, the impact of the Great Depression on the banking industry, and the relationships he had with his depositors.

1985-05-10

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Charles Hardy

Charles A. Ealy

African American lawyers.

African Americans--Politics and government.

African Americans--Social life and customs.

African Americans--Segregation

Race discrimination.

United States--Race relations.