John and Jeremy

African American History

Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Jan 1, 2010

Sojourner Truth gives "Ain't I a woman?"

May 29, 1851

http://www.nps.gov/wori/historyculture/sojourner-truth.htm

Abraham Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/timeline/early_04.html

Paul Lawrence Dunbar Publishes Lyrics of a Lowly Life

Jan 1, 1896

Paul Lawrence Dunbar Publishes Lyrics of a Lowly Lifehttp://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/dunbar/life.htm

NAACP Founded

Feb 12, 1909

Link

Tuskegee Airman Established

Mar 22, 1941

http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/pdfs/tuskegee.pdfTuskegee Airman Established.

Jackie Robinson is first black to play in MLB

Apr 15, 1947

Baseball great Jackie Robionson becomes the first African American to break the color barrier and allowed to play in the major leauges.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/timeline/building_04.html

Rosa parks refuses to give up bus seat

Dec 1, 1955

Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus to a white person, triggering a successful,
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/timeline/civil_01.html

Marthin Luther King Jr "I Have a Dream"

Aug 28, 1963

www.pbs.orgMore then 200,000 people march on washington dc in the largest civil rights demonstration ever, Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speach

Thurgood Marshall - first black on supreme court

Oct 2, 1967

LinkThurgood Marshall becomes the first African American justice on the supreme court

First African American President Sworn In

Nov 4, 2008

http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-obamaBarrack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States.