Black History Facts

Continued Celebration and Observance

Grand Rising Family!

In continued celebration of Black History, we return to Sankofa University, written by Burnett Kwadwo Gallman, Foreword by Dr. Bobby Donaldson, Introduction by Anthony Browder.

Two amazing facts listed in this chapter:

• Benjamin Banneker built a wooden clock in 1754, the first of its kind in America, that kept accurate time for more than twenty years….

• Afrikans had lived and traded in America for about 2000 years before Columbus arrived in the “New World”….

We turn to Chapter 2: Black History Fact Sheet