by Katy Yocom | Feb 23, 2022 | Black History Month, For Your Future, Industry News, Industry News, Interesting Articles, News
Ronald H. Brown was the the first black commerce secretary and chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Brown was born in Washington, D.C., and raised by middle-class parents in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood. His father managed the Theresa Hotel in...
by Katy Yocom | Feb 17, 2022 | Black History Month, For Your Future, Industry News, Industry News, Interesting Articles, News, Women In Wealth Management
Maggie Lena Walker was the first women and first African American to charter a U.S. bank – St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in 1903. Maggie was born into poverty on July 15, 1864, in Richmond, Virginia, to parents who worked in the mansion of the...
by Katy Yocom | Feb 10, 2022 | Black History Month, Finding A Job, For Your Future, For Your Future, Industry News, Industry News, Interesting Articles, News, Women In Wealth Management
Azie Taylor Morton is distinguished as the first and only African American ever to hold the post of Treasurer of the United States. She was born in Dale, TX on a small farm. During her youth, she worked in the cotton fields. There was no high school for...
by Katy Yocom | Feb 9, 2022 | Black History Month, Finding A Job, For Your Future, For Your Future, Industry News, Industry News, Interesting Articles, News
E. Stanley O’ Neal was the first African-American to run a major Wall Street firm. O’Neal was born in Roanoke, AL, the son of a farmer and the grandson of a former slave. He grew up in the tiny rural farming community of Wedowee. O’Neal’s...
by Katy Yocom | Feb 4, 2022 | Black History Month, Finding A Job, For Your Future, For Your Future, Industry News, Industry News, Interesting Articles, News
Travers J. Bell Jr., the “Father of Black Investment Banking,” was raised on the south side of Chicago in the Ida B Wells Public housing projects in 1941. His father worked in the operations department of the Chicago office of Dempsey Tegler &...
by Katy Yocom | Feb 2, 2022 | Black History Month, Finding A Job, For Your Future, For Your Future, Industry News, Industry News, Interesting Articles, News, Women In Wealth Management
Lauren Simmons the “Wolfette Of Wall Street” grew up in Marietta, Georgia, and studied medicine at Kennesaw State University. She was motivated to go into medical research or become a genetic counselor to help people like her twin brother, who has...
