Dr Shirley Jackson is a famous black inventor and theoretical physicist that has contributed greatly to technology. As a child, she had a keen interest in science and mathematics. She pursued her interest and went on to study physics at ...
Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell are names that are recognized as indispensable in history. However, the vital contribution of Lewis H Latimer to patent their invention is not usually lauded. He was a draftsman and an inventor, and he ...
Roy L Clay had a groundbreaking contribution to the tech field, such that he is called the Godfather of Silicon Valley. He was one of the foremost figures in computer software development. He also established many programs that made Silicon ...
The internet would have been a fragment of man’s dreams without Emmit McHenry’s work. It is safe to say that he created the internet and its world of endless digital possibilities. He was an inventor, an entrepreneur, an engineer, and ...
Lisa Gelobter stands out as a pioneering computer scientist in internet technologies. In 1991 at the age of 20, she obtained a computer science degree from Brown University in the U.S. She majored in artificial intelligence and machine learning, which ...
Mary W Jackson was the first African-American female engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA. She was an important member of the group of people that made space travel possible in America. She did not have an easy ...
Angela Benton is recognized on Business Insiders’ list of 25 Most Influential African-Americans in Technology. She can also be found in the number of Fast Company’s Most Influential Women in Technology. Angela is the founder and CEO of NewMe Accelerator, ...
Frank S Greene is known as one of the pioneer innovators of semiconductor technology. He was one of the first black students to obtain a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Washington University, St. Louis. Afterward, he bagged his master’s ...
Although search engines like Google and Yahoo have become prominent today. The history of web-based search engines goes as far back as the 1980s. The invention of the first internet search is credited to Alan Emtage, a Black technologist. As ...
Kimberly Bryant founded Black Girls CODE in 2011, an organization that focuses on teaching technology to Black girls. Before this, she practiced electrical engineering professionally and worked for pharmaceutical and biotech companies like Genentech, Merck, and Pfizer. Kimberly was inspired ...
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