Allison Y. By mrspepperstech700 Jan 1, 1851 Sojourner Truth gives "Ain't I A Woman" speech http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/truth/cover.html Sep 22, 1863 President Lincoln gives the Emancipation Proclamation http://www.biography.com/people/abraham-lincoln-9382540 Feb 28, 1896 Paul Lauerence Dunbar's "Lyrics of a Lowly Life" is published http://deeprootsmag.org/2012/11/ Jan 1, 1909 The NAACP Foundation is established internationalpeaceandconflict.org Mar 1, 1941 The first training session of Tuskegee Airmen takes place tuskegee.edu Jan 1, 1947 Jackie Robinson is the first African American pro baseball player sportsillustrated.cnn.com Jan 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat blog.thedetroithub.com Aug 28, 1963 Martin Luther King gives "I Have A Dream" speech writespirit.net Oct 2, 1967 Thurgood MArchall becomes a Supreme Court Justice goucher.edu Nov 11, 2008 Barack Obama is the first African American president to be elected in the United States politicker.com
