Introduces Benjamin Banneker, a free black man of the eighteenth century who loved to learn and used his knowledge and observations to build a wooden clock, write an almanac, and help survey the streets of Washington, D.C.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Banneker, Benjamin,1731-1806.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African American scientists, Biography, Juvenile literature.
Astronomers-- United States, Biography, Juvenile literature.