Rachel/Delaney/Jeni By mrspepperstech700 Period: May 25, 1850 to Jan 1, 2010 Timespan May 29, 1851 Sojourner Truth gave her famous “Ain’t I a Woman” speech in Akron, Ohio. Sep 22, 1862 President Abraham Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation. Feb 12, 1909 NAACP Dec 3, 1913 Paul Lawrence Dunbar publish Lyrics of a Lowly Life. Mar 22, 1941 The first training of the Tuskegee Airman established. Apr 15, 1947 The first African American played for Major League Baseball. Jacky Robinson Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat Aug 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. give his famous “I Have a Dream” speech Oct 2, 1967 Thurgood Marshall became a Supreme Court justice Jan 20, 2008 the first African American president elected in the United States. President Obama 2008 he was elected, 2009 he was President