Jennifer Vandenberg and Hayley Holben By mrspepperstech700 Jan 1, 1851 Sojourner Truth give her famous “Ain’t I a Woman” speech in Akron, Ohio. http://www.afriendlyletter.com/Sojourner-Truth.jpg Jan 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln give the Emancipation Proclamation http://chexydecimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/abraham-lincoln.jpg Jan 1, 1896 Paul Lawrence Dunbar published lyrics of a Lowly life. http://www.biography.com/imported/images/Biography/Images/Profiles/D/Paul-Laurence-Dunbar-9281053-1-402.jpg Jan 1, 1909 NAACP was founded. http://www.ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/NAACP-Logo.jpg Jan 1, 1941 The first Tuskegee Airman established. http://insiderspassport.com/images/Tuskegee-airmen.jpg Jan 1, 1947 Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play for Major League Baseball. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zTz6IcGimXU/T4sfryYV5zI/AAAAAAAAFgY/Y820Fg3fCiQ/s1600/jackie+robinson.jpg Jan 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to get off of her bus seat. http://www.bapwd.com/Rosa_Parks.jpg Jan 1, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech. http://tcucus.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/martin-luther-king-jr.jpg Jan 1, 1967 Thurgood Marshall became a Supreme Court justice. http://www.biography.com/imported/images/Biography/Images/Profiles/M/Thurgood-Marshall-9400241-1-402.jpg Jan 1, 2008 The first African American president was elected in the United States. http://www.asianweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Barack_Obama.jpg
