Mitch and Andrew

By Patty Pinckard
  • Sojourner Truth

    Sojourner Truth

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    Sojourner Truth gave her “Ain’t I a Woman" speach in Akron Ohio.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    linkPresident Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862.
  • Paul Lawrence

    Paul Lawrence

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    He published Lyrics of a Lowly Life in 1896.
  • NAACP

    NAACP

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    The NAACP was created.
  • Tuskegee Airmen

    Tuskegee Airmen

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    They trained for the first time.
  • Jackie robinson

    Jackie robinson

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    First African American to play MLB baseball.
  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks

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    She refused to give up her bus seat.
  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr.

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    He gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.
  • Thurgood Marshall

    Thurgood Marshall

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    Thurgood became the First African-American Supreme Court Justice on December 2, 1967.
  • Barack Obama

    Barack Obama

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    The first African american was elected president.