Ally, Madeleine, and Natalie!! By mrspepperstech700 Jan 1, 1851 Sojourner Truth gives her famous speech "Ain't I a woman" in Akron, Ohio Mar 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation Mar 1, 1896 Paul Lawrence Dunbar published Lyrics of a Lowly Life Mar 1, 1909 NAACP was founded Mar 1, 1941 first training of the Tuskegee Airman Mar 1, 1947 Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in a major league baseball team Mar 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat Mar 1, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech Mar 1, 1967 Thurgood Marshall became a Supreme Court justice Nov 6, 2008 Barack Obama was the first African American to be elected president in the United States
