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Talk about a one-tack mind... Harlem artist recreates images of black icons ...

Daily Mail - Jan 26, 2012
A 48 x 108in replica of the one hundred dollar bill, entitled 'It's All About the Benjamins', replaces Benjamin Franklin with Benjamin Banneker, a free African-American who was an accomplished astronomer, mathematician, surveyor, almanac author and ...

Catonsville, Arbutus Residents Praise Bike Plan

Patch.com - Jan 19, 2012
By Penny Riordan Residents attend a community meeting at the Benjamin Banneker Museum in Catonsville Wednesday night to take one final look at the comprehensive western Baltimore County bicycle and pedestrian plan. Many of the residents in attendance ...

Bryant Clipper: Bryant Bowls to Quarterfinals

my.hsj.org - Jan 9, 2012
The first playoff was against Benjamin Banneker at 34th Avenue Bowl 4. The Owls took home the victory with a 2-0 score, sending Benjamin Banneker home with a 7-7 record and 3rd in their division. The following week the Owls found themselves facing ...

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Black Pioneers of Science and Invention

by: Louis Haber
A readable, perceptive account of the lives of fourteen gifted innovators who have played important roles in scientific and industrial progress. The achievements of Benjamin Banneker, Granville T. Woods, George Washington Carver, and others have made jobs easier, saved countless lives, and in many cases, altered the course of history.     Includes a bibliography and an index.

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Different Like Me: My Book of Autism Heroes

by: Jennifer Elder
Different Like Me introduces children aged 8 to 12 years to famous, inspirational figures from the world of science, art, math, literature, philosophy and comedy.
Eight-year-old Quinn, a young boy with Asperger's Syndrome, tells young readers about the achievements and characteristics of his autism heroes, from Albert Einstein, Dian Fossey and Wassily Kandinsky to Lewis Carroll, Benjamin Banneker and Julia Bowman Robinson, among others. All excel in different fields, but are united by the fact that they often found it difficult to fit in-just like Quinn.
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African American Inventors

by: Otha Richard Sullivan
Meet the black inventors who lived their dreams--from the early years to modern times

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Andrew Jackson Beard

George E. Carruthers, Ph.D.

George Washington Carver

Michael Croslin, Ph.D.

David Nelson Crosthwait Jr.

Charles Richard Drew, M.D.

Meredith Gourdine, Ph.D.

Claude Harvard

Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.

Frederick McKinley Jones

Percy Lavon Julian, Ph.D.

Ernest Everett Just, Ph.D.

Lewis Howard Latimer.
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What Are You Figuring Now?: A Story about Benjamin Banneker

by: Jeri Ferris
A biography of the Afro-American farmer and self-taught mathematician, astronomer, and surveyor for the new capital city of the United States in 1791, who also calculated a successful almanac notable for its preciseness.
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