As her father B. Doyle Mitchell looks on, Darlene Mitchell assists D.C. Commissioner Walter N. Tobriner in opening the first account at the new Petworth branch of Industrial Bank, October 1963

ID: 3865 ~ Source: Courtesy DC Public Library, Washingtoniana Division
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Housing - Industrial Bank of Washington
As her father B. Doyle Mitchell looks on, Darlene Mitchell assists D.C. Commissioner Walter N. Tobriner in opening the first account at the new Petworth branch of Industrial Bank, October 1963
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Housing - Industrial Bank of Washington

In 1913 laborer and entrepreneur John Whitelaw Lewis founded the Industrial Savings Bank at 11th and U streets NW, opening up financial opportunities for African Americans.  When it opened, Industrial Bank (designed by Black architect Isaah T.…