Racial segregation in the United States

====1954–1969====
Approximately 20 more banks were established during this period, which also saw African Americans become active citizens by taking part in various social movements centered around economic equality, better housing, better jobs, and the desegregation of society.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite journal|last1=Ammons|first1=Lila|title=The Evolution of Black-Owned Banks in the United States Between the 1880s and 1990s|journal=Black Studies|date=March 1996|volume=26|issue=5|page=477}}</ref> Through desegregation, these banks could no longer solely depend on the Black community for business and were forced to become established on the open market, by paying their employees competitive wages, and were now required to meet the needs of the entire society instead of just the Black community.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>