Tim&Connor.H By mrspepperstech700 Period: Jan 1, 1822 to Oct 1, 2008 Black Hiatory Month May 29, 1851 Sojourner Truth give her famous “Ain’t I a Woman” speech in Akron, Ohio. Jan 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln gives the Emancipation Proclamation. Jul 7, 1896 Paul Laurence Dunbar Publishes "Lyrcis of a Lowly Life" Feb 12, 1909 The NAACP was founded. Mar 22, 1941 The first traning of the Tuskegee Airman Jan 1, 1947 First Afircan American To play in the MLB Feb 28, 1955 Rosa Parks Refuses to give up her bus seat. Aug 28, 1963 "I Have a Dream" Speech Given Oct 2, 1967 Thurgood Marshall became a Supreme Court justice Jan 20, 2009 Obama joined office