Annotated Bibliography

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Will & Assisted by Murry Daniel. <U>Banneker the Afro-American Astronomer</U>. New York City, Books for</div> <div>       Libraries Press 1971</div> <bR> <div>             <I>By reading this book I gathered important information that lead me to collect dates for the timeline.</I></div> <div>       <I>(ex. 1696 Molly marries).</I></div> <bR> <div> Benjamin Banneker. About Inc. Accessed September 20, 2003</div> <div>       http://incentors.about.com/library/incentors/bbanneker.thm</div> <bR> <div>             <I>This site contains a picture of the layout plans of the capital of the Americas which Banneker </I></div> <div>       <I>reconstructed form memory.</I></div> <bR> <div> Lee, Steven X. Interview. February 01, 2004</div> <bR> <div>             <I>An interview with the director at the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park & Museum. I learned of the </I></div> <div> <I>      accomplishments of Benjamin Banneker and also why he was an important figure in History.</I></div> <bR> <div> Lett, Robert. Contact. February 02, 2004</div> <bR> <div>            <I>Mr. Lett informed me of the Lett family reunion and referred me to Ms. Marable for an interview.</I></div> <div> <I>     Although I did not get an interview from Mr. Lett this telephone conversation was important to my research.</I></div> <bR> <div> Marable, Gwen. Interview. February 07, 2004</div> <bR> <div>             <I>An interview with a descendant of Benjamin Banneker. Ms. Marable told me of Benjamin Banneker </I></div> <div> <I>      and why he is a role model of youth and senior citizens today.</I></div> <bR> <div> Miller, Kelly. Benjamin Banneker. Accessed September 29, 2003</div> <div>       http://www.math.buffalo.eda/mad/special/banneker-benjamin.html</div> <bR> <div>             <I>(Fig 1)</I> <I>I obtained a picture of the almanac Banneker constructed from this web site. You can see it on </I></div> <div>       <I>my home page.</I></div> <bR> <div> Smock, W. Raymond. Benjamin Banneker. Accessed September 18, 2003</div> <div>       http://www.benjamin-Banneker.com/benjaminbanneker</div> <bR> <div>             <I>At this particular site I obtained a picture of the document that Banneker wrote to Benjamin Franklin </I></div> <div>       <I>encouraging him to help with giving slaves freedom and more rights.</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Secondary Sources</b></div> <bR> <div> Bedini, A. Silvio. <U>The Life of Benjamin Banneker.</U> U.S. Charles Scribners Sons 1972.</div> <bR> <div> <I>            This book is extremely extensive and contains a detailed biography of Banneker.</I></div> <bR> <div> Benjamin Banneker. Posted September 2002, Lelson-Mit Program. Accessed September 18, 2003</div> <div>       http://web.mit.eda/invent/iow/banneker1.html</div> <bR> <div>             <I>Here I obtained insight on why and how Banneker was known during the colonial times. It also gave me </I></div> <div>       <I>some dates for my timeline.</I></div> <bR> <div> Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) Accessed September 18, 2003</div> <div>       http://www.phillyburbs.com/bhm/banneker/index.html</div> <bR> <div>             <I>This is a picture (the one from Banneker History page) of the wooden clock he made.</I></div> <bR> <div> Benjamin Banneker. Accessed September 20, 2003</div> <div>       http://www.princeton.edi/~mcbrown/display/banneker.html</div> <bR> <div>             <I>Here was a nice bibliography that led me to very valuable sources, other than that it had a brief </I></div> <div>       <I>biography.</I></div> <bR> <div> Benjamin Banneker. Accessed September 18, 2003</div> <div>       http://www.Africanwithin.com/bios/ben_banneker.htm</div> <bR> <div>             <I>Listed at this site was the actual date that Banneker constructed the wooden clock that amazed</I></div> <div>       <I>many early Americans.</I></div> <bR> <div> Benjamin Banneker. The Benjamin Banneker Associated Inc. Accessed September 28, 2003</div> <div>       http://www.mth.msu.eda/banneker/about.html</div> <bR> <div>             <I>This site was like many others but also had a good bibliography that led me to resources along with </I></div> <div>       <I>a few facts about his life.</I></div> <bR> <div> Benjamin Banneker. Posted November 9, 2003. Family Edu. Network, Inc. Accessed October 30, 2003</div> <div>       http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/a0775682.html</div> <bR> <div>             <I>This site only contained a short biography on Banneker's life.</I></div> <bR> <div> Banneker Center. Who Was Ben Banneker. Banneker Center. Accessed September 14, 2003</div> <div>       http://www.progress.org/bannaker/bb.html</div> <bR> <div>             <I>At this web page I learned of the Almanac that Banneker sent to Thomas Jefferson, proving that African</I></div> <div>       <I>Americans had the same capabilities in mind as those of the early "white" Americans.</I></div> <bR> <div> Fig 2 Benjamin Banneker's Almanac. PBS. Accessed December 30, 2003.</div> <div> <I>    </I>  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2h68b.html</div> <bR> <div>         <I>    I obtained a picture of Banneker's actual almanac from this page. It is not the picture seen on the left.</I></div> <bR> <div> Fig 3-4 Benjamin Banneker. Publisher unknown. Accessed January 1, 2004</div> <div> <I>      </I>http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/benjaminbanneker.html</div> <bR> <div>             <I>Here was two pictures and a fairly in-depth biography on Banneker. The picture is of the plans for the      </I></div> <div> <I>      federal city. Along with a picture of a letter written by Banneker.</I></div> <bR> <div> Fig 5 Interactive Gallery. CNN. Accessed January 11, 2004.</div> <div> <I>      </I>http://www.cnn.com/interactive/specials/9901/black.history.stamps/3.bannaker.html</div> <bR> <div> <I>            </I><I>I found something quite interesting here. This page was only a gallery but not a typical one. It had you</I></div> <div> <I>      press a button to flip through images. I found the Picture of a stamp with Banneker on it here.</I></div> <bR> <div> Fig 6 No title. No Publisher. Accessed January 15, 2004</div> <div> <I>      </I>http://curvebank.calstatela.eda/birthdayindex/nov/nov9bannaker/bannekeralm2.jpg</div> <bR> <div> <I>            I obtained a picture of the almanac Banneker made, see left.</I></div> <bR> <div> Fig 7 No title. No publisher. Accessed January 20, 2004</div> <div> <I>      </I>www.tfaoi.com/newsmu/nmus27c.htm</div> <bR> <div> <I>            This site contained a picture of a painting of Banneker. It was of him at his desk doing some type</I></div> <div> <I>      of work.</I></div> <bR> <div> Fig 8 The Living Room Biographies. Matt & Anrej Koymasky. June 6, 2001. Accessed January 20, 2004</div> <div> <I>      </I>http://anrehkormasky.com/liv/fam/biob1/bann1.html</div> <bR> <div> <I>            This site gave me some facts about Banneker's life. It was a short biography and had a picture of use.</I></div> <bR> <div> Fig 9 Banneker Historical Park and Museum. Banneker Historical Park and Museum. Accessed March 20, 2004</div> <div> <I>      </I>http://www.thefriendsofbanneker.org/about_us.htm</div> <bR> <div> <I>            Here is a picture of Ms. Marable, a discendant of Benjamin Banneker.</I></div> <bR> <div> Fig 10 Potts, Jody. <U>Adventure Tales of Benjamin Banneker.</U> Dallas, Texas: Signal Media Publishers, 2000</div> <bR> <div> <I>            This book provided me with a picture of Steven X. Lee the Director at the Benjamin Banneker Museum.</I></div> <bR> <div> Habor, Lewis. <U>Black Pioneers of Science & Invention.</U> San Diego: Hardover Brace Jovanovich Publishers, 1970</div> <bR> <div>             <I><U>The Life of Benjamin Banneker</U></I><I> gave me a brief account of Banneker's life along with a short biography.</I> </div> </td> </tr></table></body>