Timeline: Emily Munoz and Crista Parrish | Timetoast

May 29, 1851

"Ain't I a Woman" Speech by Sojourner Truth

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Jan 1, 1863

President Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation

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Apr 1, 1878

John W. Fowler: First African American to play for MLB

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Jan 1, 1896

Paul Laurence Dunbar published Lyrics of a "Lowly Life"

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Feb 12, 1909

Founding of the NAACP

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Dec 1, 1955

Rosa Parks gave up Bus Seat

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Aug 28, 1963

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a Dream" Speech

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Oct 2, 1967

Thurgood Marshall became a Supreme Court Justice

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Nov 6, 1998

Tuskegee Airmen Established

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Oct 4, 2008

First African American President: Barack Obama

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