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Black History Today for February 14th:

1760-Educator, writer, and minister Ricahrd Allen was born on this day.

1817-This date is the possible birthday of Frederick Douglass, abolitionist and orator. Born into slavery as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, Douglass purchased his freedom in 1845 and went on to become the greatest abolitionist of his time.

1867-Morehouse College organized in Augusta, GA; The institution was later moved to Atlanta, GA. A new registration law in Tennessee abolished racial distinctions in voting.

1936-National Negro Congress (NNC) organized at a Chicago, IL meeting attended by 817 delegates representing more than 500 organizations. Asa Phillip Randolph of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was elected president of the new organization.

1946-Dancer, singer, actor, and choreographer Gregory Oliver Hines, was born on this day. Hines passed away of liver cancer on August 9, 2003 at the age of 57.

(Information courtesy of blackfacts.com)