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Honoring Black Space Pioneers: Benjamin Banneker

Honoring Black Space Pioneers: Benjamin Banneker

Privateer Crew

February 15, 2023

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Today we’re honoring a true forgotten founding father, Benjamin Banneker.

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Banneker was the first Black astronomer in the United States. Largely self-taught, his work contradicted that of well-known mathematicians and astronomers at the time.

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He predicted the positions of the Sun, the Moon, and the planets in 1791. Despite challenges getting his work published, he authored this *accurate* prediction in the first series of almanacs in America.

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His fight for equality began when he sent his 1791 Almanac to Thomas Jeffersion, including a letter fiercly denouncing slavery and Jefferson's participation in it. He later published their correspondence in his 1793 Almanac, making him one of the first published Civil Rights Activists.

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Benjamin not only our understanding of space and astronomy, but he also helped start a movement for justice that we still continue today. Without him, we'd have far less knowledge, insight, and compassion for our world and everything around it.

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