Janet Emerson Bashen
Janet Emerson Bashen is the founder and CEO of the Bashen Corporation, a private consulting group that investigates Equal Employment Opportunity complaints under Title VII...
Emmit J. McHenry
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Emmit J. McHenry is a founder, chairman, and CEO of Enterprise Magazine’s 10th-ranked African American-owned business, NetCom Solutions International, Inc. He was born in Forrest...
Etta Zuber Falconer
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Mathematician Etta Zuber Falconer was born on November 21, 1933, in Tupelo, Mississippi. Her mother, Zadie L. Montgomery, was a musician, and her father, Dr....
Alice Ball
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Alice Augusta Ball, a pharmaceutical chemist, was born in Seattle, Washington in 1892 to Laura and James P. Ball, Jr. Her grandfather was J.P. Ball,...
Dr. Patricia Cowings
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Dr. Patricia Cowings is a research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center in the Human Systems Integration Division. She is the Principal Investigator of the...
Christine Darden
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NASA engineer Christine Darden is often asked which movie star played her in the motion picture “Hidden Figures,” the film about African American women who...
Melba Roy Mouton
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Mouton was born in Fairfax, Virginia to Rhodie and Edna Chloe. She graduated from Howard University in 1950 with a master’s degree in mathematics. She...
Clarence “Skip” Ellis
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Clarence “Skip” Ellis is the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in computer science. Although he was introduced to computers by accident, he developed...
Walter Samuel McAfee
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Walter Samuel McAfee, theoretical physicist, professor, and civil servant was born in Ore City, Texas to Susie and Luther McAfee on September 2, 1914. His...
David Unaipon
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David Unaipon (1872-1967), preacher, author, and inventor was born on 28 September 1872 at the Point McLeay Mission, South Australia, fourth of nine children of...