OTD Feb. 26, 1966: President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Andrew Brimmer as the first African American Federal Reserve Governor.
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"Andrew Brimmer, Economist and Federal Reserve Governor." Historianspeaks, February 28, 2026. https://historianspeaks.org/blog/andrew-brimmer-economist-and-federal-reserve-governor.
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