The new bank announced Thursday by Andrew Young, Killer Mike and Ryan Glover illustrates the purpose behind the nation’s first sweeping update in 25 years of rules that govern banking in minority communities – a review that aims to address inequities in access to credit.
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Column: Friendship Initiative will live on after passing of co-founder Bill Nordmark
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Aug. 17, 2018
The Atlanta Friendship Initiative will live on, despite the sudden death of one of its co-founders – William G. Nordmark III.
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Back to school with Killer Mike
By Guest Columnist CHARISSE M. WILLIAMS, a lawyer by training and a non-profit leader
I first learned that Atlanta Grammy Award winning rapper, activist, and entrepreneur Killer Mike owned the barbershop, The Swag Shop, when Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Meria Carstarphen tweeted that his shop was giving free back-to-school haircuts. I had passed the shop on Edgewood Avenue, with its funky sign and façade, many times.
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What Happens When One of Your Favorite Rappers Joins the Board of an Art Museum?
By Ariel Thilenius, The Woodruff Arts Center Earlier this month, I opened up my Google Alerts to see that one of my favorite rappers, Killer Mike, had joined the board of directors for Atlanta’s own High Museum of Art. I was surprised (although extremely excited) by this news, and eagerly clicked the link to an […]
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Column: Citizens Trust evolving with the banking industry
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on July 7, 2017
Citizens Trust Bank closed two of its branches on June 30 including the one at its historic Piedmont Avenue building and its branch in Lithonia.
But Cynthia Day, Citizens Trust’s CEO, said the moves represent a transition in the banking industry rather than any financial issues with the bank — which is the largest African-American owned bank in the Southeast as well as the fifth largest in the country.
