On this day, the National Benefit Life Insurance Company was organized in Washington, D.C. by Samuel W. Rutherford. At a time when most mainstream insurance companies excluded African Americans, National Benefit provided vital financial services to the Black community.
It grew to become the largest Black-owned insurance company in the United States for many years, playing a key role in economic empowerment and community development during segregation and beyond.
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