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Sojourner Truth
Gave her famous aint a woman speech in Akron Ohio -
Abraham LIncoln
He gave the Emancipation Proclamaiton. -
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Ohio native Paul Lawrence Dunbar published lyrics of a lowly life. -
NAACP
NAACP was founded -
Tuskegee Airmen
The first training of Tuskegee Airmen -
Jackie Robinson
Was the first African American to play major leauge baseball -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up a bus seat -
Martin Luther King Jr.
MLK Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech. -
Thurgood Marshall
He became a Supreme Court Juctice. -
Barak Obama
Obama was eleceted president
