{"product_id":"binga-the-rise-and-fall-of-chicagos-first-black-banker-second-to-none-chicago-stories-9780810140905","title":"Binga The Rise and Fall of Chicagos First Black","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe definitive full-length biography of Jesse Binga, the first black banker in Chicago. Born into a large family in Detroit, Binga arrived in Chicago in 1892 in his late twenties with nothing. Through his wits and resourcefulness, he rose to wealth and influence as a real estate broker, and in 1908 he founded the first black-owned bank in Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is arguably no better icon of Chicago history that deserves such a dramatic and gripping treatment than Jesse Binga.\" —Davarian L. Baldwin, author of \u003ci\u003eChicago's New Negroes: Modernity, the Great Migration, and Black Urban Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1:\"Do you know who that is?\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: Black Sedan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Painted Signs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4:\"In the name of the Bingas\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5: \"Jesse C. Binga\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6: A man of low and vicious habits\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7:--Vernon Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8: Dream Book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9: -Pink\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10: State Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11: 5922 South Parkway\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12: \"Barefooted and Bareheaded\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13: Distant Thunder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 14: Riot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 15: \"I will not run\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 16: Stacking Cash\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 17: Trust and Devotion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 18: \"They seem like one.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 19: 1929\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 20: 1930\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 21: Two White Men in Fedoras\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 22: Blank Pieces of Paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 23: \"You killed my wife.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 24: Waiting and Hoping\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 25: The Giant With A Hundred Eyes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 26: The Footsteps of God\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 27: \"old age and sorrow\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038271242583,"sku":"9780810140905","price":21.21,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/binga-the-rise-and-fall-of-chicagos-first-black-banker-second-to-none-chicago-stories-9780810140905","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}