Only black-owned bank in southeast Georgia turns 75 today

SAVANNAH - The only black-owned financial institution in southeast Georgia turns 75 Saturday. <br> <br> Carver State Bank was founded in Savannah in 1927 by Louis Toomer, who wanted to give his neighbors the financial tools they weren&#39;t allowed to get at a white-owned bank. The bank&#39;s original name was Georgia Savings and Realty Corporation, and it helped finance many of the first black-owned businesses and homes along Georgia&#39;s coast. <br> <br> Bank employees will celebrate the birthday this afternoon with a party in Savannah.