On our @Ham4Progress Instagram we will be highlighting those who have changed history but didn't make the history books in our new series: #WeTellTheirStories.
First up, Christopher Jackson recites a letter from Benjamin Banneker, a free Black man living in Boston, to Thomas Jefferson highlighting the hypocrisy of the Declaration of Independence. This piece, introduced by Renée Elise Goldsberry, was filmed inside Federal Hall National Memorial, the site of George Washington’s inauguration. Follow @Ham4Progress on Instagram for more.
Historical selection provided by The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
