For too long, we’ve heard the phrase: “The meek shall inherit the Earth.” But now is the time to ask—who are the meek? They are the overlooked. The underestimated. The oppressed. The silenced. The ones who’ve endured centuries of systemic injustice and still rise with style, strength, and soul. In that sense, Black America is […]
During the Great Depression, while bank runs caused panic across the country, many Black Americans experienced a different kind of crisis—one that didn’t start with the crash of 1929, but long before it. For decades, Black families had been systematically shut out of mainstream financial systems. They were denied loans, rejected by white-owned banks, and […]