Black History Month 2012

Timeline created by kmyeager in History

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
03/16/1829	Freedom’s Journal, the first African-American newspaper, was published.	Click here to view the first volume
08/13/1831	Nat Turner and six slaves lead a revolt	Turner was captured in October that year and executed Nov. 11.
05/29/1851	Sojourner Truth delivers her speech, “And Ain’t I A Woman”
02/20/1909	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
08/28/1955	Reader Submission: Emmett Till hung	Thank you to Lee for submiting this event!
05/04/1961	Reader Submission: Freedom Riders	Thank you to Lee for submitting this event!
07/02/1964	President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act	View the first page here.
10/11/1964	Civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize.
11/03/1998	Denise L. Nappier becomes the first African-American woman to be elected to statewide office in Connecticut.	http://www.state.ct.us/ott/
01/20/2009	Barack Obama is inaugurated as president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the office of POTUS.
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
01/01/1797 to 11/26/1883	Lifespan of abolitionist and women’s rights crusader Sojourner Truth
02/01/1821 to 03/10/1913	Lifespan of Harriet Tubman, nicknamed ‘Moses’ for leading more than 300 slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad.