2002 NIH Annual African American History Month Observance |
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| Air date: | Monday, February 25, 2002, 1:30:00 PM |
| Category: | Special |
| Description: | The theme for the observance will be "Celebrating Pioneers - Standing on the Shoulders From the Past." Roger Wilkins, LL.B., writer, historian, and civil rights activist, will serve as the keynote speaker. He has a distinguished journalism career and has written for both the New York Times and The Washington Post. While on the editorial page staff of The Washington Post, he shared a Pulitzer Prize in 1972 for Watergate coverage with Woodward, Bernstein and Herblock. Also, as part of the program, Mr. Bill Grimmett will perform as a character actor portraying Benjamin Banneker, the African American scientist, astrologer and surveyor of the Nation's capital. |
| Author: | Roger Wilkins, LL.B. and Bill Grimmett |
| Runtime: | 100 minutes |
| Rights: | This is a work of the United States Government. No copyright exists on this material. It may be disseminated freely. |
| CIT File ID: | 10338 |
| CIT Live ID: | 1508 |
| Permanent link: | http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?10338 |