Brendan Finnerty & Matt Smrdel By mrspepperstech700 May 29, 1851 Sojourner Truth gave her famous "Aint i a Woman" Speech in Akron, Ohio. Jan 1, 1863 Abraham Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation Feb 9, 1909 Ohio native and poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar publish lyrics of "A Lowly Life" Feb 12, 1909 The NAACP was founded Jun 20, 1941 The training of the first Tuskegee Airman was established Apr 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play major league baseball Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat Aug 28, 1963 Martin Luther King jr. gives his famous "I Have a Dream" speech Aug 30, 1967 Thurgood Marrshall became a supreme court justice Nov 5, 2008 Barack Obama was elected the first African-American president of the U.S.