Emily Munoz and Crista Parrish By Patty Pinckard May 29, 1851 "Ain't I a Woman" Speech by Sojourner Truth www.ebscohost.com Jan 1, 1863 President Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation emancipationproclamation.org Apr 1, 1878 John W. Fowler: First African American to play for MLB http://www.lasentinel.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2035:black-history-first-black-major-league-baseball-player&catid=110&Itemid=200 Jan 1, 1896 Paul Laurence Dunbar published Lyrics of a "Lowly Life" http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/dunbar/life.htm Feb 12, 1909 Founding of the NAACP naacp.org Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks gave up Bus Seat pbs.org Aug 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a Dream" Speech pbs.org Oct 2, 1967 Thurgood Marshall became a Supreme Court Justice http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/modern/jb_modern_marshall_1.html Nov 6, 1998 Tuskegee Airmen Established tuskegeeairmen.org Oct 4, 2008 First African American President: Barack Obama wncn.com
