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Binga: The Rise and Fall of Chicago's First Black Banker(Second to None: Chicago Stories)

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Binga is the definitive full-length biography of Jesse Binga, the first black banker in Chicago. Born into a large family in Detroit, Binga arrived in Chicago in 1892 in his late twenties with virtually nothing. Through his wits and resourcefulness, he rose to wealth and influence as a real estate broker, and in 1908 he founded the Binga Bank, the first black-owned bank in Chicago. But his fall was equally notable. Binga recounts this gripping story about race, history, politics, and finance in Chicago. Chicago's Black Belt was a sliver of land several miles long and a half mile wide on the city's South Side. Created by segregation, it was a city within a city, and its growth can be traced through the arc of Binga's career. He preached and embodied an American gospel of self-help and accrued wealth while expanding housing options and business opportunities for blacks. A devout Catholic, he and his wife Eudora supported church activities and various cultural and artistic organizations. Their annual Christmas party was the Black Belt’s social event of the year. But his success came at the price of a vicious backlash. After Binga moved his family into a white neighborhood in 1917, his house was bombed multiple times, his offices were attacked twice, and he became a lightning rod for the worst race riots in Chicago history (1919). He persevered, but, starting with the stock market crash of October 1929, a string of reversals cost Binga his bank, his property, and his fortune. A quintessentially Chicago story, Binga tells the story of racial change in one of the most segregated cities in America. Binga illuminates how an extraordinary Chicagoan stood as a symbol of hope in a community isolated by racial animosity.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Chapter 1:"Do you know who that is?" Chapter 2: Black Sedan Chapter 3: Painted Signs Chapter 4:"In the name of the Bingas" Chapter 5: "Jesse C. Binga" Chapter 6: A man of low and vicious habits" Chapter 7:--Vernon Avenue Chapter 8: Dream Book Chapter 9: -Pink Chapter 10: State Street Chapter 11: 5922 South Parkway Chapter 12: "Barefooted and Bareheaded" Chapter 13: Distant Thunder Chapter 14: Riot Chapter 15: "I will not run" Chapter 16: Stacking Cash Chapter 17: Trust and Devotion Chapter 18: "They seem like one." Chapter 19: 1929 Chapter 20: 1930 Chapter 21: Two White Men in Fedoras Chapter 22: Blank Pieces of Paper Chapter 23: "You killed my wife." Chapter 24: Waiting and Hoping Chapter 25: The Giant With A Hundred Eyes Chapter 26: The Footsteps of God Chapter 27: "old age and sorrow" Afterword Bibliography Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780810140905
  • Publisher: Northwestern University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Northwestern University Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 312
  • Series Title: Second to None: Chicago Stories
  • Sub Title: The Rise and Fall of Chicago's First Black Banker
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 081014090X
  • Publisher Date: 15 Nov 2019
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Weight: 333 gr


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