1867 – MOREHOUSE COLLEGE FOUNDED
Morehouse College was founded originally in Augusta, Georgia as the Augusta Institute before moving to Atlanta in 1879.
THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF GRENADA ERIC GAIRY BORN
February 18, 1922 - August 23, 1997 (75)
Eric Gairy born in St. Andrews parish Grenada. Gairy led his nation to Independence from Britain on February 7th 1974 however his erratic administration provoked a group led by British-trained lawyer Maurice Bishop called the New Jewel Movement (NJM) to lead demonstrations against him.
Gairy, convinced that mankind was threatened by extra-terrestrials arriving in flying saucers repeatedly called for a special group within the UN to investigate UFO's. It was while Gairy was at the UN in 1979, attending a conference with other UFO experts, including Gen. Kurt Waldheim that a bloodless coup by the NJM put Maurice Bishop in power in Grenada.
After the coup, Gairy remained in the United States, returning to Grenada in 1984, a few months after the Bishop regime self-destructed. His party never won another election and he himself was defeated at the polls.
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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