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November 2nd

2 events recorded on The Ledger.

  1. 1903
    The Rise

    St. Luke Penny Savings Bank opens

    Maggie Lena Walker opens the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, Virginia, becoming the first woman of any race to charter and serve as president of a bank in the United States.

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  2. 1920
    The Record

    Ocoee Massacre

    Election Day. Mose Norman is turned away from the Ocoee, Florida polling place twice. That night a white mob attacks the home of July Perry, lynches him in Orlando, and drives the entire Black population of Ocoee out permanently.

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