A biography of the eighteenth-century African-American who taught himself mathematics and astronomy and helped survey what would become Washington, D.C.

Revolutionary War-era inventor Benjamin Banneker gets most of the headlines, but the story of invention by black scientists certainly did not stop there. Throughout recent centuriesand perhaps never more so than todaybrilliant and dedicated creative people of African heritage are helping to make our world better and safer with their inventions. From food refrigeration to high-tech electronics, from closed-circuit TV to 3-D glasses, from rocket science...

"The kids at Benjamin Banneker College Prep are a little... competitive. Okay. They're a LOT competitive. The minute Principal Yee announces an epic competition for the golden B-B trophy, seventh-grader Frederick Douglass Zezzmer knows he has to win. But it won't be easy. The competition doesn't just include science, technology, engineering and math. It also has arts and sports. Not Doug's best subjects... With only a week to go, Doug launches a quest...

Provides step-by-step instructions for twenty easy crafts which celebrate the accomplishments of different African Americans, including inventors, activists, educators, and others.

Explores the stories of 30 remarkable young men, whose passions led to lifesaving medical treatments, revolutionary inventions, and history-making achievements.

"For too long, African Americans have been left out of the story of the nation's founding, their voices absent from the memory and celebration of the creation of the American republic. Black Writers of the Founding Era--by far the richest and most expansive anthology of its kind ever assembled--restores these voices. The writings gathered here reveal the complexity and dynamism of African American life and culture in the period and show how the principles...

These brave and resilient modern men such as George Floyd, Tyler Perry, President Barack Obama, Steve Harvey, Mahammad Ali, standing on the shoulders of men like Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Jackie Robinson, Dr. Ralph Bunch, Bill Pickett, Dr. Charles Drew, Thurgood Marshall, Elijah McCoy, Benjamin Banneker, and many more of our past who in the face of adversity and inequality pressed through to make a way in one way or another to open doors...

"Learn all about the fascinating lives and tremendous impact of 100 extraordinary Black Americans with this fact-filled biography collection for kids. From Benjamin Banneker to Harriet Tubman, Duke Ellington to Rosa Parks, Malcolm X to John Lewis and many more, readers will be introduced to artists, activists, scientists, and icons throughout history. Organized chronologically, 100 African Americans Who Shaped American History offers a look at the...

A vibrant collection of personal and lyric essays in conversation with archival objects of Black history and memory. What are the politics of nature? Who owns it, where is it, what role does it play in our lives? Does it need to be tamed? Are we ourselves natural? In A Darker Wilderness, a constellation of luminary writers reflect on the significance of nature in their lived experience and on the role of nature in the lives of Black folks in the...