Researchers Say Md. Man's Cicada Work Was Ignored Because He Was Black
Maryland intellectual and free Black man Benjamin Banneker was one of the first to document cicadas' 17-year life cycle in the late 1700s. His work was rarely credited.
Maryland intellectual and free Black man Benjamin Banneker was one of the first to document cicadas' 17-year life cycle in the late 1700s. His work was rarely credited.