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George Fatheree

George Fatheree is a Fintech founder, social impact entrepreneur, and attorney. Featured in countless media outlets, George is most notably recognized for securing the landmark return of the Bruce’s Beach property – marking the first time in U.S. history that the government has returned property taken by racially motivated eminent domain. He led the rescue from bankruptcy of the Ebony and Jet photography archives, consisting of 4.5 million images documenting Black American history, and represented California’s first commercial community land trust in acquiring a commercial block to prevent business gentrification on behalf of retail tenants.

During the summer of 1910, W. Ashbie Hawkins, an African American lawyer, purchased a home at 1834 McCulloh Street, an affluent—and all-white—neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland. He rented the home to his law partner (and brother-in-law), George McMechen, an African American graduate of Yale Law School.
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