@book{garrett-scott_banking_2019, address = {New York}, title = {Banking on freedom: black women in {U}.{S}. finance before the {New} {Deal}}, isbn = {978-0-231-54521-1}, shorttitle = {Banking on freedom}, abstract = {Shennette Garrett-Scott explores black financial innovation and its transformative impact on U.S. capitalism through the story of the St. Luke Bank in Richmond, Virginia: the first and only bank run by black women. Banking on Freedom offers an unparalleled account of how black women carved out economic, social, and political power}, language = {English}, publisher = {Columbia University Press}, author = {Garrett-Scott, Shennette}, year = {2019}, note = {OCLC: 1086134850}, keywords = {Business History and race}, }