Danny Connor Sam By mrspepperstech700 Mar 29, 1851 Ain't I a Woman speach in Akron, Ohio Jan 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln gives the Emancipation Proclamation Jun 27, 1896 Paul Lawrence Dunbar published Lyrics of a Lowly life Feb 12, 1909 NAACP founded Jun 20, 1941 Tuskegee Airman established Aug 28, 1947 Jackie Robinson is the first African American to play Major League Baseball Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks fefuses to give up her bus seat Aug 28, 1963 M.L.K Jr. gave his speach I Have a Dream Aug 30, 1967 Thurgood Marshall became a Supreme Court Justice Nov 16, 2008 Obama is the first African American elected