Brad and Jackson Black History Month By mrspepperstech700 Period: Jan 1, 1850 to Jan 1, 2010 Black History Jan 1, 1851 Sojourner Truth gives the "Ain't I a Woman" Speech http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/truth/cover.html Jan 1, 1863 Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Abraham_Lincoln_November_1863.jpg/220px-Abraham_Lincoln_November_1863.jpg Jan 1, 1896 Paul Lawrence Dunbar publishs Lyrics of a Lowly Life http://www.biography.com/people/paul-laurence-dunbar-9281053 Jan 1, 1909 NAACP was founded. http://coast-usa.blogspot.com/2011/09/naacp-and-smitherman-do-it-again.html Jan 1, 1941 The First Black Tuskegee Airman Training begun http://www.usmilitaryhalloffame.org/Nomination/2012/TuskegeeAirmen.aspx Jan 1, 1947 Jackie Robinson is the first African American to play NBA Baseball http://usadailly.blogspot.com/2012/04/nats-pay-tribute-to-jackie-robinson-day.html Jan 1, 1955 Rosa Parks stays in her bus seat. http://www.esacademic.com/dic.nsf/eswiki/1024575 Jan 1, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" Speech http://www.sherylfranklin.com/holidays/mlking.html Jan 1, 1967 Thurgood Marshall becomes a Supreme Court Judge http://www.sherylfranklin.com/holidays/mlking.html Nov 4, 2008 Barrack Obama was elected as President, First Black President http://americanhistory.about.com/od/uspresidents/ig/Images-of-US-Presidents/Barack-Obama.htm
