Kaylie Hasson, Kelley Bolden, Aelxa Burkholder, and Jenna Mandato

In 1851 Sojourner Truth Gave Her Famous Spaech

Jan 1, 1851

President Abraham Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamtion

Jan 1, 1863

Paul Lawrence Dunbar Published Lyrics of a Lowly Life

Jan 1, 1896

The NAACP was founded in 1909

Jan 1, 1909

https://twitter.com/NAACP

The first Tuskegee Aiman established was in 1941

Jan 1, 1941

http://www.warbirdradio.com/2010/05/an-airmans-story-presents-tuskegee-airman-otis-finley-junior/

The First African American to Play Major Leauge Baseball was Jackie Robinson in 1947

Jan 1, 1947

http://pdgmag.com/tag/jackie-robinson/

Rosa Parks didn't want to give up her seat

Jan 1, 1955

http://www.bapwd.com/Rosa_Parks.htm

Martin Luther King gave his famous speech in 1963

Jan 1, 1963

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/king/aa_king_subj.html

Thurgood Narshall became a Supreme Court justice

Jan 1, 1967

The FIrst African American President Elected was Barack Obama in 2009

Nov 11, 2008

http://www.flickr.com/photos/donkeyhotey/8377262046/