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Wed, 03.09.1966

The First Black Federal Reserve Governor is Appointed

Andrew Brimmer

*On this date in 1966, the first Black became the governor of the Federal Reserve Board.

He was Andrew Brimmer (at the time), an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and had established the central bank of Sudan.

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him.

To be a Financial Analyst

New Poem Each Day

Poetry Corner

Sipping the new tea his wrinkled face absorbs steam… the smell of roses Summer evening sun; a row of tombs-their shadows reaching the ditchbank a black woman breastfeeding her infant- the autumn... HAIKU by Lenard D. Moore
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