William Washington Browne
While Maggie Walker gets most of the limelight in this town, how many people know who William Washington Browne is? A part of a generation of pioneers born to slavery, he founded the True Reformers Bank in 1888, not quite 23 years after the Civil War…
While Maggie Walker gets most of the limelight in this town, how many people know who William Washington Browne is? A part of a generation of pioneers born to slavery, he founded the True Reformers Bank in 1888, not quite 23 years after the Civil War ended. Here’s an excerpt from a new Richmond blog, History […]
-
Recommend this
on Facebook -
Report an error
-
Subscribe to our
Weekly Digest
This article has been closed to further comments.