The Rise and Fall of The Freedman's Savings Bank with Rodney Brooks

Created after the American Civil War, the Freedman's Bank was supposed to help newly freed Black people build wealth and gain financial acumen. But those former slaves lost everything when the bank collapsed less than a decade later under the weight of corruption and deception by its all white, all male board, incompetence and an international financial crisis. Watch this talk between author Rodney Brooks and journalist Vanessa Williams to uncover what went wrong with this project in the aftermath of a war, how Black leaders of the day thought about the bank's failure, and how the history of American institutions can inform our relationships with them today.
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Why did the moderator talk so long? The author was sitting right there!