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    NAMA Notebook: Benjamin Banneker

    Recently, Ranger Susan and I went on a Black History Month walking tour with a class of fourth graders from a local elementary school. As we stood nära the World War II Memorial and looked at the Washington Monument, one of the parents on the trip asked the students which memorials on the National Mall represented Black history. The students thought of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial. Ranger Susan suggested that Black history can be found at all of the monuments and memorials. You just might have to look a little harder to find it. All memorials tell stories, but sometimes those stories are incomplete. One of the teachers commented to me that she liked the way Ranger Susan said that. As we strolled the Mall, we talked about the Tuskegee Airmen at the World War II Memorial and Marian Anderson at the Lincoln Memorial, stories that connect to these places but are not necessarily in plain sight.

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    Benjamin Banneker

    American scientist, surveyor and farmer (1731–1806)

    Benjamin Banneker

    Library of Congress
    Banneker depicted in a 1943 mural by Maxine Merlino in the Recorder of Deeds Building in Washington, D.C. (2010)[1]

    BornNovember 9, 1731

    Baltimore County, Province of Maryland, British America

    DiedOctober 19, 1806(1806-10-19) (aged 74)

    Oella, Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S.

    NationalityAmerican
    Other namesBenjamin Bannaker
    Occupation(s)almanac author, surveyor, farmer
    Parents
    • Robert (father)
    • Mary Banneky (mother)

    Benjamin Banneker (November 9, 1731 – October 19, 1806) was an American naturalist, mathematician, astronomer and almanac author. A landowner, he also worked as a surveyor and farmer.

    Born in Baltimore County, Maryland, to a free African-American mother and a father who had formerly been enslaved, Banneker had little or no formal education and was largely self-taught. He

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    Benjamin Banneker

    1731-1806

    Who Was Benjamin Banneker?

    A free Black man who owned a farm near Baltimore, Benjamin Banneker was largely self-educated in astronomy and mathematics. The 18th century intellectual used his knowledge to create a series of almanacs in the 1790s. He also helped survey territory for the construction of the American capital city, Washington D.C. An early civil rights advocate, Banneker exchanged letters with Thomas Jefferson, politely challenging the then-Secretary of State to do what he could to ensure racial equality. Banneker died at age 74 in October 1806.

    Quick Facts

    FULL NAME: Benjamin Banneker
    BORN: November 9, 1731
    DIED: October 9, 1806
    BIRTHPLACE: Ellicott’s Mills, Maryland
    ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Scorpio

    Early Life and Education

    Benjamin Banneker was born on November 9, 1731, in Ellicott’s Mills, Maryland—now known as Ellicott City. He was the son of an ex-slave named Robert and his wife, Mary Banneky. Mary was the daughter of an Englishwom

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