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Today In History Maggie Lena Walker, business and civic leader, was born in Richmond, VA, on this date July 15, 1867. Walker was the nation’s first African American woman to head a bank. Walker founded the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, VA, in 1903. She devoted her life to civil rights advancement, economic empowerment, and educational opportunities for Jim Crow-era African Americans and women. As a bank president, newspaper editor, and fraternal leader, Walker served as an inspiration of pride and progress. CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #carter #cartermagazine #staywoke #maggiewalker #richmond #rva #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history https://www.instagram.com/p/CgB7x3luBnN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 #maggiewalker statue went up today 📸 @evanmishler #rva #rvasummer #rvamonumental #rvaphotographer (at Downtown Richmond)

Today We Honor Maggie Lena Walker Maggie Lena Walker was the first African American female bank president and the first woman to charter a bank in the United States. The St. Luke Penny Savings Bank was founded in 1903 with money gathered from the members of the Independent Order of St. Luke, an African-American benevolent society, Walker opened the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank. Walker found that white-owned banks did not readily accept deposits from black organizations such as the benevolent society. This reluctance on the part of white-owned banks gave her the idea to start her own bank. CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #carter #cartermagazine #maggiewalker #womenshistorymonth #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #staywoke https://www.instagram.com/p/CbKVlcLu5z7/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today In History Maggie Lena Walker, business and civic leader, was born in Richmond, VA, on this date July 15, 1867. Walker was the nation’s first African American woman to head a bank. Walker founded the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, VA, in 1903. | CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #carter #cartermagazine #staywoke #maggiewalker #richmond #rva #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history https://www.instagram.com/p/CRWANokLyCu/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today In History Maggie Lena Walker, business and civic leader, was born in Richmond, VA, on this date July 15, 1867. Walker was the nation’s first Black woman to head a bank. Walker founded the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, VA, in 1903. | CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #carter #cartermagazine #staywoke #maggiewalker #richmond #rva #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history https://www.instagram.com/p/CCqUo8MA8pE/?igshid=1fphisvcc32ne

Today We Honor Maggie Lena Walker Maggie Lena Walker was the first African American female bank president and the first woman to charter a bank in the United States. The St. Luke Penny Savings Bank was founded in 1903 with money gathered from the members of the Independent Order of St. Luke, an African-American benevolent society, Walker opened the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank. She found that white-owned banks did not readily accept deposits from black organizations such as the benevolent society. This reluctance on the part of white-owned banks gave her the idea to start her own bank. | CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #carter #cartermagazine #maggiewalker #womenshistorymonth #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #staywoke https://www.instagram.com/p/B9zHfjxgRD0/?igshid=6ykjp9ejv01a

#firstfriday #firstfridayartwalk #rvafirstfridays This first Friday make sure you come check out @myselfiesrva Àsk about the special discount ! Get some cool selfies On broad street.. around the corner from Max's cafe and a couple doors down from the #maggiewalker statue Have a good day 🌈⬇️⬇️ @myselfiesrva @myselfiesrva @myselfiesrva @myselfiesrva #rva #myselfiesrva #rvaart #rvavlogger #rvapodcast #rvamodels #artislife @mralkarriem34 @the4cybercafe (at Downtown Richmond, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CV2qBDYrcsT/?utm_medium=tumblr

Black History All Year 2020 . . Mrs. Walker became an important community organizer for the Independent Order of St. Luke, a fraternal burial society that provided humanitarian services to the elderly. In 1902, Walker started a newspaper for the St. Luke organization called the St. Luke Herald. After the success of the newspaper, she started the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank and became the first woman in the United States to charter a bank. She was also the bank’s first president. During the Great Depression two other banks in Richmond merged with St. Luke to become The Consolidated Bank and Trust Company which continues to be the oldest black-owned and black-run bank in the United States. . . Mrs. Walker was also an activist for African American and women’s rights.  She was a member of the National Association of Colored Women, and also the vice president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for the Richmond chapter. In 1923, Walker received an honorary master’s degree at Virginia Union University, a historically black university in Richmond. . . #blackownedbank #maggiewalker #stlukeherald #blacknewspaper #blackbeautifulapparel #outwestchallenge #communityorganizer #blackbank https://www.instagram.com/p/B-x3hIwggEA/?igshid=1cn25lqqg5gvb