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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

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Our mothers, when asked may speak of us in terms of our accomplishments. My daughter is a flower shedding buds of brown babies. She holds two diplomas in her fist as... FEMINISM by Carolyn Rodgers.
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