Only black-owned bank in southeast Georgia turns 75 today
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Posted 7:23PM on Saturday 23rd February 2002 ( 23 years ago )
SAVANNAH - The only black-owned financial institution in southeast Georgia turns 75 Saturday. <br>
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Carver State Bank was founded in Savannah in 1927 by Louis Toomer, who wanted to give his neighbors the financial tools they weren't allowed to get at a white-owned bank. The bank's original name was Georgia Savings and Realty Corporation, and it helped finance many of the first black-owned businesses and homes along Georgia's coast. <br>
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Bank employees will celebrate the birthday this afternoon with a party in Savannah.
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