“The Gravel and Grit of Olander and Margaret Banks”
Title
“The Gravel and Grit of Olander and Margaret Banks”
Date
February 2021
Description
Fairfax County Department of Family Services, Kinship Care Unit. In 1957, African American Olander Banks decided to leave Alexandria and move his family and his business to the “country” in Fairfax County.
Creator
Mary Jane Dye
Source
Publisher
Golden Gazette
Collection
Citation
Mary Jane Dye, ““The Gravel and Grit of Olander and Margaret Banks”,” Fairfax County African American History Inventory, accessed October 24, 2026, https://fairfaxaahi.centerformasonslegacies.com/items/show/318.