Rebecca S. By mrspepperstech700 Nov 1, 1851 Sojourner Truth give her famous “Ain’t I a Woman” speech in Akron, Ohio. Jan 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln give the Emancipation Proclamation Jan 1, 1896 Paul Lawrence Dunbar publish Lyrics of a Lowly Life Jan 1, 1909 the NAACP founded Jan 1, 1941 the first training of the Tuskegee Airman established Jan 1, 1947 Jackie Robison was the first African-American to play for Major League Baseball Jan 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat Jan 1, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. give his famous “I Have a Dream” speech Oct 2, 1967 Thurgood Marshall become a Supreme Court justice Nov 4, 2010 first African American president elected in the United States