Benjamin Banneker : truth to power /
Imagine being Black in the 1700s and becoming a self-taught surveyor who played a pivotal role in planning the layout of our nation's capitol and inventing a clock in 1753. In 1791 alone, Benjamin Banneker completed the survey of Washington, DC, published his first almanac and confronted one of...
| Other Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | This edition in English. |
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New York :
Tony Brown Productions,
2002.
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| Series: | Black studies in video
Tony Brown's Journal |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Imagine being Black in the 1700s and becoming a self-taught surveyor who played a pivotal role in planning the layout of our nation's capitol and inventing a clock in 1753. In 1791 alone, Benjamin Banneker completed the survey of Washington, DC, published his first almanac and confronted one of the nation's founders, Thomas Jefferson, about his doctrine of Black inferiority. Charles A. Cerami, former editor of the Kiplinger Washington Publications and author of Benjamin Banneker: Surveyor, Astronomer, Publisher, Patriot, explains that there was a lot more to Banneker than what is written in the history books. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed March 28, 2014). Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (25 min.). Previously released as DVD. |
| Playing Time: | 00:25:24 |