...Banneker was not capable of such accomplishments as creating an astronomical almanac.
Jefferson enslaved people until his 1826 death.
Benjamin Banneker writes to Thomas Jefferson, urging justice for African Americans | August 19, 1791 | HISTORY https://share.google/QXDlHA8gmyq0n6ZlU
On this day in history, American mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Banneker, a free Black man born to a free Black American woman and a free former slave, wrote Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson a letter pointing out his hypocrisy in enslaving Blacks while praising Banneker, and arguing for abolition.
Though Thomas Jefferson praised Banneker when he was alive, and suggested Banneker's work was proof Blacks were not inferior in intellect, after his death he expressed the view that...
I will never tire of seeing the great volcanoes of the Pacific Northwest, especially by air .
L to R - Crater Lake & Mt Scott, Mt McLoughlin, Mt Shasta, Lassen Peak
Happy birthday, Social Security. As a 90 year old, you are still relevant to Gen Z and beyond - 9% of US children received income from Social Security, and "In 2023, 959,000 children were lifted out of poverty due to Social Security."
1 in 4 Gen Z will become disabled and need Social Security.
Read more in this Teen Vogue post from a Gen Z writer.
For Social Security's 90th Anniversary, I Want Gen Z to Know It's There For Them, Too | Teen Vogue https://share.google/ABJFWr1n5ja6jMhoG
On Social Security's 90th birthday, let's remember it's key champion and architect, trailblazing Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins
https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/architect-social-security-frances-perkins
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Trump and Rufo are coming after University of California now in their academic pelt hunting.
NSF and NIH grants are suspended at UCLA.
On this day 60 years ago, with Harry Truman at his side, LBJ signed Medicaid into law to assist the least fortunate among us gain medical care.
Trump and Republicans Big Ugly Bill cuts $1T from Medicaid to fund tax breaks for the wealthiest.
Cancel that!
On Social Security's 90th birthday, let's remember it's key champion and architect, trailblazing Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins
https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/architect-social-security-frances-perkins
Lisa Schiff