It’s time to honor the first African American who hand carved a working wooden clock. Benjamin Banneker was born in Maryland November 1731. He was a land-owning tobacco farmer of modest means. In 1751 Banneker borrowed a pocket watch. He was fascinated by its mechanisms. Drawing each component and creating pieces out of wood. Circa […]
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