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Forbes: Financial Literacy Is the New Civil Rights Movement

From the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Operation HOPE, John Hope Bryant.

John Hope Bryant in conversation with Forbes
Image: Forbes

Jabari Young, senior writer at Forbes, sat down with me for a 45-minute conversation during Financial Literacy Month. The headline Forbes chose says it plainly: financial literacy is the new civil rights movement.

My grandparents’ generation fought for the right to sit at the lunch counter. This generation’s fight is for the right to own the restaurant. That is what I mean by silver rights.


Source: Forbes, April 24, 2025.