The Center for the Church and the Black Experience celebrates Black History Month 2013

1874 – FREDERICK DOUGLASS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF FREEDMAN’S BANK & TRUST. HE DIES FEB. 20TH, 1895  

1904 – DISNEYS FIRST LIVE ACTOR BORN

February 16, 1904 - July 9, 1948 (44)

James Baskett became Disney’s first live actor playing the part of Uncle Remus in Disney's "Song of the South" (1945) he would receive a posthumous Academy Award for this role in 1948 the year of his death.

1972 – WILT CHAMBERLAIN PASSES 30,000 POINTS

Wilt Chamberlain passes the 30,000 point mark during a game against the Phoenix Suns 

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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.