Despite inadequate buildings and out-of-date textbooks, many African-Americans thrived in segregated CMS schools. In this Forum discussion, some of those taught during the era of Jim Crow explain why. The clips in this video are from the Forum's Feb. 7, 2023 meeting. ... Continue Reading →
Trailblazers in a culture change inside America’s banks
March 19, 2024 "Show up and come prepared to do the work." Nancy Stroud offered that synopsis of how she and a number of the other women on this morning's panel took the entry-level jobs they were offered in the '60s and '70s as banks first began hiring Blacks for career positions, and made ... Continue Reading →