Timeline by Seals, Maryanna Jewell

January 25, 2009

mjseals — 2025-02-27 19:29:47 UTC

I was born!!

2014

mjseals — 2025-02-27 19:31:40 UTC

First day of kindergarten!

2019

mjseals — 2025-02-27 19:32:26 UTC

I made All-Stars in softball. (I hate sports, so this was a one time thing.)

2020

mjseals — 2025-02-27 19:40:17 UTC

Covid…

2023

mjseals — 2025-02-27 19:40:53 UTC

I joined marching band!!

2024

mjseals — 2025-02-27 19:41:57 UTC

I went to Washington DC with my friends!!

2023

mjseals — 2025-02-27 19:45:13 UTC

I went to Disney with my best friend for her sweet sixteen!

2025

mjseals — 2025-02-27 19:45:57 UTC

My Sweet Sixteen!!

1954

mjseals — 2025-04-07 02:50:01 UTC

Brown v. Board of Education- Supreme Court declares racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.

1964

mjseals — 2025-04-07 02:51:26 UTC

Civil Rights Act is passed, banning discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, or national origin.

1969

mjseals — 2025-04-07 02:52:23 UTC

Moon Landing! NASA lands the Apollo 11 and the first humans on the moon.

1974

mjseals — 2025-04-07 02:54:34 UTC

Watergate Scandal- President Richard Nixon resigned due to the Watergate political scandal.

2001

mjseals — 2025-04-07 02:55:40 UTC

September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center Center and the Pentagon- this changes US security and foreign policy.

2005

mjseals — 2025-04-07 02:56:32 UTC

Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans and exposes issues in emergency response and urban infrastructure.

2008

mjseals — 2025-04-07 02:57:14 UTC

Election of Barack Obama: the first African American president of the United States.

2015

mjseals — 2025-04-07 02:59:03 UTC

Obergeffell v. Hodges: Supreme Court Ruling that legalizes same-sex marriage nationwide.

2021

mjseals — 2025-04-07 02:59:59 UTC

Captitol Riot: violent attack on the US Capitol after the overturning of the 2020 presidential election results.

June 1, 1956

mjseals — 2025-04-07 03:02:03 UTC

Anthony Ray Hinton is born in Alabama.

1985

mjseals — 2025-04-07 03:02:44 UTC

Hinton is charged with the murders of two fast food workers in Birmingham at the age of 29.

1985

mjseals — 2025-04-07 03:03:25 UTC

Despite a solid alibi and maintaining his innocence, Hinton is convicted and sentenced to death.

2002

mjseals — 2025-04-07 03:04:02 UTC

Hinton reaches out to Bryan Stevenson, and he takes on Hinton’s case.

2015

mjseals — 2025-04-07 03:06:20 UTC

Hinton is released after nearly 30 years on death row with all charges dropped.

2015

mjseals — 2025-04-07 03:07:01 UTC

Hinton began working as a community educator at EJI.

March 27, 2018

mjseals — 2025-04-07 03:07:48 UTC

Hinton publishes The Sun Does Shine.

2018

mjseals — 2025-04-07 03:08:30 UTC

The Sun Does Shine is selected for Oprah Winfrey’s Book Club.

April 3, 2025

mjseals — 2025-04-07 03:09:13 UTC

Hinton celebrates the 10 year anniversary of his release by giving a speech at Yale Law School.

August 2024

mjseals — 2025-04-07 03:10:06 UTC

My first day of high school!