40 years separate these two Black women but so much connects them in their lives as aerospace engineer graduates.
Tag: Black Tech
Congrats to Vanessa E. Wyche: the first Black female director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center
Wyche is also a strong proponent of innovation and inclusion and STEM education.
5 things to know about IBM’s tech investment in HBCUs
A worthwhile investment.
Find Your Bind is an app for readers to find books written by authors of colour
Naomi Adeniji and Wumi Obi are going places.
NASA's history of astronauts of colour including Dr. Bernard A. Harris Jr. and Dr. Mae Jemison
Dr. Bernard A. Harris Jr. became the first Black person to walk in space back in 1995.
Urban Coders Guild are empowering their students to digitally rebuild Tulsa’s Black Wall Street
The non-profit organisation is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma and provides STEM education to middle and high school students from underrepresented communities.
Black women made $0.90 for every $1 a white man in the same tech role made last year
A ~3.45% increase on last year’s figure
A Q&A with Christine Darden, the 40-year NASA engineer
Read this awesome Q&A with one of the greatest Black mathematicians of our time.
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on women of colour in STEM
The theoretical physicist offered some ‘fresh perspectives’ in this interview from 2019.
Charlton D. McIlwain on Black digital activists
People thought the internet would be more open for all races but even before that, technology has been used to oppress Black people. But they’ve always found a way to fight back.
7 Blerds from history
STEM (science, tech, engineering, and mathematics) owes a great deal to Black pioneers. Here are 7 of them.
Granville T. Woods was a prolific Black engineer
With over 60 patents to his name, Granville T. Woods was an amazing inventor. But he didn’t get the recognition he deserved until after his death.