• United Segregationists

    BBVA USA’s Racist and Intolerant Beginnings

    BBVA USA, then known as Central State Bank, was founded on March 2, 1964 by Schuyler A. Baker, Sr., a staunch segregationist and member of the inner-circle of Alabama Governor George Wallace, a racist and segregationist who declared, “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!” Wallace and Baker were so close, that on his very first day as governor in 1963, Wallace borrowed a necktie from Baker after the Governor failed…