Dakota Baldwin and Ryan S By mrspepperstech700 Jan 1, 1851 Sojourner Truth give her famous “Ain’t I a Woman” speech in Akron, Ohio. biography.com Jan 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation en.wikipedia.org Jan 1, 1896 Ohio native and famous poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar publish Lyrics of a Lowly Life bet.com Feb 28, 1909 the NAACP was founded broadbandandsocialjustice.org Jan 1, 1941 the first training of the Tuskegee Airman established tuskegee.edu Jan 1, 1947 Jackie Robinson ocnnreport.com Jan 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat hdwallpaperspics.com Jan 1, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech americaslibrary.gov Feb 28, 1967 Thurgood Marshall become a Supreme Court justice americaslibrary.gov Jan 1, 2008 the first African American president elected in the United States whitehouse.gov