Hanna Tice and Leah Barto

Sojourner Truth

May 29, 1851

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/timeline/early_04.htmlSojourner Truth gives her "Ain't I a Woman" speech

President Lincoln

Jan 1, 1863

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/timeline/modern_04.htmlPresident Lincoln gives Emancipation Proclamation.

Paul Lawrence Dunbar

Jan 1, 1896

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/timeline/modern_04.htmlPaul Lawrence Dunbar publishes "Lyrics of a Lowly Life."

NAACP

Feb 12, 1909

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/timeline/modern_04.htmlNAACP is founded.

Tuskegee Airman

Mar 22, 1941

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/timeline/modern_04.htmlTuskegee Airman, the first training program for African-American pilots is established.

Jackie Robinson

Apr 15, 1947

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/timeline/modern_04.htmlJackie Robinson is the first African-American to play in the Major Leagues.

Rosa Parks

Dec 1, 1955

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/timeline/modern_04.htmlRosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white person, on a bus in Montgomery Alabama.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Aug 28, 1963

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/timeline/modern_04.htmlMartin Luther King Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech.

Thurgood Marshall

Oct 2, 1967

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/timeline/modern_04.htmlThurgood Marshall bacame a supreme court justice.

President Obama

Nov 4, 2008

President Obama is the first African-American president. He was re-elected on November 7, 2012.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-obama