Politics/Law/Military
James O'Hara, Carolina Congressman!
*This date in 1844 marks the birth of James Edward O'Hara.
February 26 1869
Theatre/the Arts
Sissieretta Jones was an early opera pioneer.
*The birth of Sissieretta Jones is remembered on this date in 1869.
February 26 1872
Education
Cookman Institute, the right place and time!
*The creation of Cookman Institute in 1872 is celebrated on this date.
February 26 1900
Religion
N.O.I. Founder, Wallace D. Farad born.
*This date celebrates the birth of Wallace D.
February 26 1933
Film/TV
Unique stage and screen talents, Godfrey Cambridge.
*On this date in 1933, Godfrey Cambridge was born.
February 26 1943
Film/TV
Bill Duke gives quality to the Film industry.
*Bill Duke was born on this date in 1943.
February 26 1966
Episode
First Black governor of the Federal Reserve appointed!
*On this date in 1966 Andrew Brimmer, the first African American became the governor of the Federal Reserve Board.
February 26, 1870
Wyatt Outlaw Lynched
*Wyatt Outlaw, town commissioner of Graham, North Carolina, is lynched by members of the Ku Klux Klan. Outlaw served as president of the Alamance County Union League of America, an anti-Klan organization. Dozens of Klansmen are arrested for his murder, and many confess, however a federal judge orders the release of all of the Klansmen without punishment over the protestations of the governor of North Carolina.
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