“Benjamin Banneker: The Man Who Loved The Stars” (1981)
The American Friends Service Committee
and
The BlackQuaker Project
Present
2023 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum.
Saturday, 18 March 2023: Benjamin Banneker: The Man Who Loved The Stars (1981) – Early African American Scholar-Activist
Honoring Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806): almanac publisher, astronomer, petitioner to Thomas Jefferson for African American abolition, and faithful Attender of Quaker Meeting.
Featuring a discussion with Banneker descendant-researchers of African and European descent: Gwen Marable, Dr. Rachel Webster, and Pamela Williams