Kayla Toth and Amanda Bryant By mrspepperstech700 Feb 28, 1851 Sojourner Truth give her famous “Ain’t I a Woman” speech Feb 28, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln gives the Emancipation Proclamation Jan 1, 1896 Ohio native and famous poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar published Lyrics of a Lowly Life Apr 1, 1909 NAACP was Founded Jan 1, 1941 The first training of the Tuskegee Airman was established Jan 1, 1947 Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play for Major League Baseball Jan 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat Jan 1, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. give his famous “I Have a Dream” speech Feb 28, 1967 Thurgood Marshall became a Supreme Court justice Feb 1, 2009 Barack Obama became president
