The Black Businessman Who Built an Empire Despite Jim Crow Oppression

Subject

Black Empowerment; Civil Rights; History

Description

During the 1950s and ‘60s, the civil rights movement dominated the political landscape. But for Bernard Garrett, an African American born and raised in the South, the surest path to improving conditions for black Americans was by achieving economic freedom.

Creator

Alexis Clark

Source

https://www.history.com/news/bernard-garrett-banker-jim-crow

Publisher

history.com

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