How Did a White Woman Pose as a Black NAACP Leader? A Fascinating Timeline

Rachel Dolezal misled people for years into thinking that she was black; but when it was revealed recently that she was a white woman who had fabricated details of her past, it led to a social media explosion with jokes, discussions about being "transracial," fascination, and anger. But who is Rachel? How did she go from being a blond white woman from Montana to being a black woman leading her local chapter of the NAACP? A timeline of her life reveals a history of an artist and the elaborate identity she created for herself.