This Day In Black History – Feb 6th

1867 – The Anglo-American merchant George Peabody, founds the $ 2
       million Peabody Education Fund.  It is the first philanthropy
       established in the wake of the Civil War to promote free
            public education in 12 Civil War devastated southern states
            for whites and African Americans.  The Peabody Fund will
            provide funding for construction, endowments, scholarships,
            teacher and industrial education for newly freed slaves.

1961 – The “jail-in” movement starts in Rock Hill, South Carolina,
       when arrested students demand to be jailed rather than pay
       fines.

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