Melba Roy Mouton
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...
Category : Science – Technology
Edward Franklin Frazier
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A Pioneer in African American Sociology Edward Franklin Frazier, known as the most prominent African American sociologist of the 20th Century, made significant contributions to...
Dr. Ossian Sweet
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The trial of Dr. Ossian Sweet along with ten family members and friends for murder after a mob attacked his Detroit home caught the nation’s...
Louis Wade Sullivan
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After witnessing poverty and discrimination in Depression-era Georgia, Louis Wade Sullivan committed his career to education and public service, rising to become Secretary of Health...
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Neil deGrasse Tyson, (born October 5, 1958, New York City, New York, U.S.), American astronomer who popularized science with his books and frequent appearances on radio and television. When Tyson...
Katherine G. Johnson
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One of NASA’s human ‘computers,’ Katherine G. Johnson performed the complex calculations that enabled humans to successfully achieve space flight. Born in 1918 in West...
Dorothy Johnson Vaughan
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Dorothy Johnson Vaughan worked as a NASA mathematician on the SCOUT Launch Vehicle Program that launched America’s first satellites into space. Dorothy Johnson Vaughan was...
Mary Jackson
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Mathematician Mary Jackson was one of a small group of African-American women who worked as aeronautical engineers, called “human computers,” at NASA during the Space...
Josiah Clark Nott
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Josiah Clark Nott (March 31, 1804 – March 31, 1873) was an American physician, surgeon, and ethnologist whose work in the antebellum South left a...
George Edward Alcorn, Jr.
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A noted academic and administrator, George Edward Alcorn, Jr. is a noted pioneer in the field of semiconductor devices and one of the top inventors...