Events in February 2026
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Charles Lenox Remond Charles Lenox Remond
February 1, 2026
Charles Lenox Remond (February 1, 1810 – December 22, 1873) was an American orator, activist and abolitionist based in Massachusetts. Charles Lenox Remond (1810–1873) was a prominent African American orator, abolitionist, and activist from Massachusetts. As one of the first Black lecturers against slavery, he played a crucial role in the abolitionist movement in the decades leading up to and during the Civil War.
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Rosa Parks Rosa Parks
February 4, 2026
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Rebecca Lee Crumpler Rebecca Lee Crumpler
February 8, 2026
Rebecca Lee Crumpler (born Rebecca Davis, February 8, 1831 – March 9, 1895) was an American physician, nurse and author. She was the first African-American female doctor of medicine, qualifying at the New England Female Medical College in 1864.
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Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass
February 14, 2026
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 14, 1818[a] – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century.
Richard Allen, Bishop Richard Allen, Bishop
February 14, 2026
Bishop Richard Allen (1760–1831) was a former slave who became a Methodist preacher, abolitionist, and the founder and first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, one of the oldest and largest independent Black denominations in the United States. He co-founded the Free African Society, a benevolent organization, and established the first independent Black church in Philadelphia, Bethel AME Church, before the formation of the AME Church itself.