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Homeownership
A blue-grey painted house with flowering bushes and a white picket fence.

Improving the path to homeownership for America’s diverse communities

Homeownership

Improving the path to homeownership for America’s diverse communities

Since 1994, HomeFree-USA has worked to educate and empower African American and other diverse communities with the guidance they need to achieve and sustain homeownership.

Homeownership
First-time African American homeowner Darlene Ahmed adjusts a hanging plant on the front porch of her house

How a conversation with a banker led to a new home

Homeownership

How a conversation with a banker led to a new home

Darlene Ahmed thought she may have to put her homeownership plans on hold until a series of Wells Fargo financial health conversations cleared the way.

Small Business
Story Type Indicator - video. Chew GW Chew is wearing a grey shirt, green hat, and smiling at the camera inside his Veg Hub restaurant in Oakland, California. Patrons can be seen sitting at tables in the background.
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Vegan soul food: Improving health “one chew at a time”

Small Business

Vegan soul food: Improving health “one chew at a time”

Chef GW Chew’s plant-based meat substitutes are going from restaurant to supermarket with support from a Wells  Fargo diverse small business program.

Economic Opportunity
Story Type Indicator - viewpoints. A group of people sit at a conference room table, two of the men are shaking hand.
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National Urban League: Dedicated to economic empowerment

Economic Opportunity

National Urban League: Dedicated to economic empowerment

In recognition of Black History Month, Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, reflects on the state of economic justice in the U.S.

Homeownership
An African American couple opens the door to their new house and their little girl smiles as she runs in, her arms extended like she’s flying.

Unlocking the ‘secrets’ of becoming a homeowner

Homeownership

Unlocking the ‘secrets’ of becoming a homeowner

A new Wells Fargo-NAACP homebuying class aims to boost the African American homeownership rate, homebuyer by homebuyer.

Diversity & Inclusion
A photo of the seated Class of 1937 at George P. Phenix Training School in Hampton, Virginia. The girls are all wearing white, and the boys are wearing black pants and jackets.

School rediscovers its civil rights legacy in a bank

Diversity & Inclusion

School rediscovers its civil rights legacy in a bank

A mural in a Wells Fargo bank branch in Hampton, Virginia, celebrates the alumni of a formerly all-black high school who left their mark on their community and their country.

Our History
A black and white advertisement says: Pioneer Boot and Shoe Emporium. Lester & Gibbs, Importers and Dealers, No. 184 Clay Street, (Court Block.) San Francisco. L. & G. are receiving additions to their large and varied Stock by every Steamer.

From fighting slavery to public service: Mifflin Gibbs

Our History

From fighting slavery to public service: Mifflin Gibbs

Mifflin Wistar Gibbs lived a life of service and activism. As he fought to end slavery, served as a politician for change, and became a successful African American business owner in Gold Rush California, Wells Fargo was there to help in his pursuits.

Diversity & Inclusion
Story Type Indicator - video. An “I Was Here” Ancestor Spirit Portrait is paired with a historical marker that says: Slavery in Fayette Co. On the N.E. corner of the Fayette County Courthouse lawn stood the whipping post established in 1847 to punish slaves for such offenses as being on the streets after 7 p.m. Fayette Co. was one of the largest slaveholding counties in Kentucky. By 1860, one in four residents of the city of Lexington were slaves.
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Bringing a community, and country, together through art

Diversity & Inclusion

Bringing a community, and country, together through art

An outdoor art exhibit in Lexington, Kentucky, has transformed the site of a former slave auction into an outdoor museum designed to unify a community.

Inside the Stagecoach
Story Type Indicator - video. Jesse Swanagan smiles and carries his son, Jesse III, on his back in front of City Garden Montesorri School in St. Louis.
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Celebrating five fathers who inspire us

Inside the Stagecoach

Celebrating five fathers who inspire us

In honor of Father’s Day, here are some of the inspiring fathers we’ve featured on Wells Fargo Stories.

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