BALTIMORE -- Baltimore County native Benjamin Banneker's contributions to Black history are stories of resilience, activism, and ingenuity. Banneker was born on a farm in 1731 in Oella, Maryland. Near ...

When poet and creative writer Rachel Jamison Webster attended a cousin's wedding, she was surprised to discover that her family is related to famed mathematician and naturalist Benjamin Banneker. This ...

WASHINGTON — The Washington Wizards are celebrating Black History Month with "Not Bound by One Month," which is the team recognizing and celebrating achievements, influence, and talents of people and ...

Benjamin Banneker — who was born a free Black man in Baltimore County in 1731 ? is known mostly as an astronomer and mathematician, who also penned a letter to Thomas Jefferson about race relations in ...

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1731, Benjamin Banneker was born in Maryland. He was one of the first African Americans to gain distinction in science. His significant accomplishments and correspondence with ...

CATONSVILLE, Md. (WJZ) - Cicadas long have fascinated Marylanders for hundreds of years. In fact, one of the earliest known studies of the insects happened right here in Catonsville back in the 18th ...

Annapolis’ Banneker-Douglass Museum will likely be sporting a new name soon honoring another key Maryland civil rights trailblazer — Harriet Tubman. The name change for the city’s premiere Black ...