Summary: <p><a href="%E2%80%9Chttps://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7938669%E2%80%9D" rel="“payment”">Support the show on Patreon</a></p> <p>OR </p><p><a href="%E2%80%9Chttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/483rNBY" rel="““payment””">Buy me a coffee</a></p> <p>Todays Black History Blitz is about a self-taught mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs, a writer, an inventor and the man who may have completed the Design for Washing DC Capitol City of the United States of America from memory.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Benjamin Banneker was born November 9th, 1731 on a farm near Baltimore that he would eventually inherit from his father. Although he occasionally attended a one-room Quaker schoolhouse, Banneker was mostly self-educated and did much of his learning through the avid reading of borrowed books. It was noted that from a young age he was particularly skilled at Mathematics.</p> <p><br></p> <p>His early accomplishments included constructing an irrigation system for the family farm and a wooden clock that kept accurate time and ran for more than 50 years until his death.</p> <p>To listen to the podcast click the link below:</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://radiopublic.com/black-history-buff-podcast-WezjVV/ep/s1!cc8f8249d7273c5ba8471ef1d6f6f768275c77b8</p> <p><br></p> <p>If you'd like to become a friend of the show follow the links below:</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://pod.fan/black-history-buff-podcast</p> <p><br></p> <p>You can find me at:</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://www.blackhistorybuff.com/pages/social-2</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blackhistorybuff/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/blackhistorybuff/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/blackhistorybuff/support</a>
