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African American Innovators in Tech | Marc Regis Hannah

We all have Marc Regis Hannah to thank for the 3-D special effects we see in movies today. He obtained a B.Sc in electrical engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He also has an M.S. and a Ph.D. in ...

African American Innovators in Tech | Janet E Bashen

Meet the first Black woman to receive a software patent in the United States, Janet E Bashen. Bashen studied legal studies and government at the University of Houston. When she graduated, she started working in the insurance industry. At her ...

African American Innovators in Tech | Mark E Dean

Mark E Dean is one of the most famous African-American inventors that shaped modern computing. His most prominent and most recent innovation is the production of the first 1-Gigahertz chip. This chip is made up of a million transistors and ...

African American Innovators in Tech | Valerie Thomas

The whole world will forever be indebted to African-American inventor Valerie Thomas for making 3-Dimensional imaging possible through her illusion transmitter. Thomas invention extended the idea of the television, and she earned a patent for it in 1980. As a ...

African American Innovators in Tech | Otis Frank Boykin

Otis Frank Boykin invented the wire precision resistor. He had his college education at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, while working as a laboratory assistant at an aerospace laboratory in Nashville. After he graduated from Fisk University, he took up ...

African American Innovators in Tech | Evelyn Boyd Granville

In the 1940s, it was rare to see a Black woman on an Ivy League campus. However, Evelyn Boyd Granville defied all odds as a student at Yale University. Granville went on to graduate with a Ph.D. in Mathematics in ...

African American Innovators in Tech | Dr. Clarence “Skip” Ellis

Dr. Clarence Ellis was a Computer Scientist, and he was the first African-American to become a fellow of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM).  Ellis was also the first African-American to obtain a Ph.D. in Computer Science. Without him, programs ...

How AI Writing Will Revolutionize Marketing

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in writing has the potential to revolutionize modern marketing. AI-based writing applications can create content that is tailored to the needs and preferences of individual customers, making it much easier for businesses to reach ...

African American Innovators in Tech | Katherine Johnson

Katherine Johnson is one of the African-Americans whose untold story was brought to light through ‘Hidden Figures’ in 2016. Her work to make space flight possible has changed history and the future forever. Despite the limited educational opportunities that Blacks ...

African American Innovators in Tech | Dr Shirley Jackson

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 ...

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