Black Facts for February 26th

Race riot, Columbia, Tennessee
Race riot, Columbia, Tennessee. Two killed and ten wounded.
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Feb
26
1946
Actor/Comedian Godfrey Cambridge born
Godfrey Cambridge, actor and comedian born in New York.
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Feb
26
1933
Wallace Fard Muhammad
Wallace D. Fard aka Wallace Fard Muhammad /f ə . ˈ r ɑː d/ (born February 26, 1877[2]) was a co-founder of the Nation of Islam. He arrived in Detroit in 1930 with an obscure background and several aliases, and taught a distinctive form of Islam to members of the citys African-American
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Source: ThoughtCo
Feb
26
1877
Singer "Fats" Domino born
Singer Fats Domino born.
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Feb
26
1928
Robert Williams - Birthday
Robert Williams , in full Robert Franklin Williams (born February 26, 1925, Monroe, North Carolina, U.
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Source: Brittanica
Feb
26
1925
Black leader of the Union League Lynched
Wyatt Outlaw, Black leader of the Union League in Alamance County, N.C., Lynched.
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Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
Feb
26
1870
The Green Pastures opened at mansfield Theater
The Green Pastures opened at mansfield Theater.
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Feb
26
1930
Jimmie Lee Jackson dies
Jimmie Lee Jackson, civil rights activist, died of injuries reportedly inflicted by officers in Marion, Alabama.
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Sponsored by APEX Museum
Feb
26
1965
Cassius Clay Becomes Muhammad Ali
On this day, the Kentucky boxer known to all as Cassius Clay, changed his name to Muhammad Ali as he accepted Islam and rejected Christianity. I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and in peace...Im not a Christian anymore.
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Sponsored by NSBE Boston
Feb
26
1964
Fifteenth Amendment guaranteeing the right to vote
Fifteenth Amendment guaranteeing the right to vote sent to the states for ratification.
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Sponsored by Eastern Bank
Feb
26
1869
Grammy Awards
On this day at the Grammy Awards ceremony, African-American musicians won awards in several categories. Lionel Richies Cant Slow Down won best album of 1984. Tina Turners Whats Love Got to Do With It took the best record slot and earned her the title Best Female Pop Vocalist. The Pointer Sisters
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Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School
Feb
26
1985
Ramona Hood, Fedex's First African American CEO
Hood is the first Black woman to become CEO in the
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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent
Feb
26
2020
Negro History Week
Carter G. Woddson started Negro History Week. This week would later become Black History Month.
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Feb
26
1926
Congressman James O'hara born
Birthday of Congressman James E. OHara of North Carolina. First elected March 4, 1833, OHara served two terms, the second ending March 3, 1887.
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Feb
26
1884
Conference in the Wormley Hotel
At a conference in the Wormley Hotel in Washington, representatives of Rutherford B. Hayes and representatives of the South negotiated agreement which paved the way for the election of Hayes as president and the withdrawal of federal troops from the South.
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Feb
26
1877
Camp Atwater (1921– )
Camp Atwater is a cultural, educational, and recreational camp designed for the children of African American professionals.  The camp, founded in 1921 by Dr. William De Berry, was located in North Brookfield, Massachusetts. Initially named St. John’s Camp, in 1926 the name was officially changed to
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Source: Black Past
Sponsored by Greater Boston Veterans Collaborative
Feb
26
1999
Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson (1875-1950).
In 1920, Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson (1875-1950) founded Associated Publishers. In February 1926, he announced the institution of Negro History Week, which coincided with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.In 1976, the observance was expanded to National Afro-American History
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Feb
26
1920
Andrew Brimmer
Andrew Brimmer becomes the first African American governor of the Federal Reserve Board when he is appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson
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Feb
26
1966
Theodore Flowers middleweight boxing champ
Theodore Georgia Deacon Flowers wins middleweight boxing title.
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Feb
26
1926
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