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Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator
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Beginning with Benjamin Banneker, a mathematician and surveyor from the 1700's, to Colonel Guion Bluford, a contemporary astronaut, each paragraph is accompanied by an illustration to place on the chalkboard or overhead as this extraordinary person's story is told.
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Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur
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Benjamin Banneker, inventor and surveyor for Washington, DC b.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Answer D is incorrect, because Benjamin Banneker was an African American mathematician and astronomer in the 18th century.
Benjamin Banneker: The first African-American inventor, astronomer, mathematician, and surveyor.
Benjamin Banneker was a brilliant astronomer and mathematician.
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David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist
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Examines the lives and achievements of seven black Americans who left their mark through scientific work, from Benjamin Banneker to Matthew Henson.
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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Turning to the Western Hemisphere, Africana skillfully and succinctly synopsizes the lives and achievements of a multitude of African Americans, from 18th-century inventor-astronomer Benjamin Banneker to late-20th-century heroes like Colin Powell, Tiger Woods, and astronaut Mae Jemison.
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John Fielding,
CEO
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The Benjamin Banneker Honors College serves the university by providing honors level programs.
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Phuong Nguyen,
Exotic Dancer
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An exciting drama based on the true story of Benjamin Banneker, the early African-American patriot who worked with the Underground Railroad and saved runaway slaves from bounty hunters.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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Reinaldo's most recent works include a bronze bust of Sojouner Truth commissioned by the National Museum of Women's History in 1998, a 10-foot tall statue of Benjamin Banneker to be located at L'Enfant Plaza, as well as modeling, molds, and casting in concrete of new statues of the four Taft Memorial Bridge Lions in Washington, DC.
The story of Benjamin Banneker's grandmother's journey from England to Maryland in the late 17th century, where she worked as an indentured servant, began a farm of her own, and married a freed slave.
Coverage begins in the late 1700's with Benjamin Banneker and Sojourner Truth and ends with the present day accomplishments of former U.
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