1920 – THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZED NEGRO LEAGUE WAS ESTABLISHED
The first successful organized Negro League was established at a YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri by Andrew "Rube" Foster who served as its president.
1970 – FIRST BLACK ADMITTED TO THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Joseph L. Searles III became the first black floor member and floor broker in the New York Stock Exchange. He worked as a floor partner in the firm of Neburger, Loeb and Company.
Throughout the month of February, Garrett-Evangelical's Center for the Church and the Black Experience will be providing Daily Knowledge Nuggets in honor of Black History Month. Content provided by: blackhistorydaily.com, aetnaafricanamericancalendar.com/2013, and theblackmarket.com/February.
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