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Black History Month: Get to Know These Inspiring Black Washingtonians - Office of Councilmember Robert White

Summary by Office of Councilmember Robert White
Benjamin Banneker – Benjamin Banneker helped survey the land that became our nation’s capital, Washington, DC. Little-known fact: He also documented the Brood X cicadas that emerged from the ground in scores in 1749—the ancestors of the cicadas we still see every 17 years today! Louise B. Miller – Miller sued the local Board of Education in 1952 to compel DC to allow deaf, Black students to attend the District’s only school for deaf students (now
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Office of Councilmember Robert White broke the news in on Friday, January 31, 2025.
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