1- Black Fact = 1956 (Feb. 29) – Autherine Juanita Lucy, the first black student at the University of Alabama, was expelled on this date in 1956 following a riot that occurred three weeks earlier at the school. Whites were upset by her admittance. #theraydiotwins
2- BlackFact = 1940 (Feb. 29) – Actress Hattie McDaniel won an “Oscar” for her role as “Mammy” in Gone with the Wind, on this date in 1940. McDaniel was the first black woman to win this award. #theraydiotwins
