This Black-owned bank is celebrating 100 years in business [Video]

THAT’S COMING UP ON 12 NEWS THIS MORNING, STARTING AT 430. 12 NEWS CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WISCONSIN’S OLDEST BLACK OWNED BANK IS MARKING 100 YEARS IN MILWAUKEE. IN TONIGHT’S PROJECT, COMMUNITY 12 NEWS GERRON JORDAN SHOWS WHY YOU CAN’T PUT A PRICE ON THE BANK’S IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST CENTURY. THIS OLD BUILDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF 20TH AND FOND DU LAC IN MILWAUKEE HAS A HISTORY AS STORIED AS THE NEIGHBORHOODS IT REPRESENTS. IT WAS WALNUT WAY, THERE WAS HALYARD PARK, THERE WAS BROWNSVILLE. THESE WERE STRONG, THRIVING AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE THE CENTRAL CITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDED SEPTEMBER 24TH, 1924 BY R.T. AND WILBUR HALYARD. COLUMBIA SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION FILLED A BIG VOID YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT A BLACK OWNED BUSINESS IN THE UNITED STATES WAS NOT A WELCOME THING, LET ALONE A BLACK OWNED BANK. THE REASON THAT THE HOW YOU’RE STARTED …