Posted in Diaspora News Black Homeownership: How One Man Fought for His Community! #shorts afrakan October 23, 2025 Leave a comment Charles Batterod identified the injustice and started a bank so Black people could buy homes. Monsignor Shockley saw that rich tradition, too. #BlackHistory #homeownership #banking #community Related Articles Tracking tropical wave in the Caribbean, Hurricane Humberto Museum celebrates largest black community in Evansville ‘Jim Crow 2.0’: South Carolina’s Republicans move to oust state’s only Black congressman since 1897 | South Carolina In Memphis, WDIA host Bev Johnson still shines after 42 years at America’s first all-Black radio station