There was an interesting moment in sports this week, one you may have missed, and it involved the Atlanta Hawks, the organization that continues to put its money where its basketball is. The Hawks announced on Thursday they were refinancing a construction loan for the Emory Sports Medicine Complex utilizing a network of Black-owned banks.…
Original Story: NY Times Two Black-led banks are merging in a deal that will create the nation’s largest Black-owned depository institution insured by the federal government and the first with assets of more than $1 billion. Broadway Federal Bank, a Los Angeles-based lender founded in 1946, will combine with City First Bank in Washington, which opened in…