Learn about Maggie Lena Walker in this clip from MAKING BLACK AMERICA. Walker was an African American businesswoman, and in 1903 she became both the first African American woman to charter a bank and the first African American woman to serve as a bank president. This lesson will expand upon this with an activity to introduce students to many Black entrepreneurs from the golden age of Black business (1900 – 1930).
PBS Learning Media: Maggie Lena Walker: Black Entrepreneur | Making Black America
