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This list of African-American inventors and scientists documents many of the African Americans who have invented a multitude of items or made discoveries in the course of their lives. These have ranged from practical everyday devices to applications and scientific discoveries in diverse fields, including physics, biology, math, and medicine.
William Hunter Dammond (October 26, 1873 – December 8, 1956) was an American civil engineer. He studied civil engineering at the Western University of Pennsylvania and, in 1893, was the first African American to graduate from that institution. As a black man Dammond found it difficult to secure employment as an engineer and, after a number of ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American engineers. It includes engineers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. African-Americans who are/were engineers.
The following is a list of notable African-American women who have made contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.. An excerpt from a 1998 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education by Juliane Malveaux reads: "There are other reasons to be concerned about the paucity of African American women in science, especially as scientific occupations are among the ...
More than 60 years after Atlanta native and engineer Ronald Yancey overcame barriers to become Georgia Institute of Technology’s first Black graduate, he presented his granddaughter with her ...
Horace King (sometimes Horace Godwin) (September 8, 1807 – May 28, 1885) was an African-American architect, engineer, and bridge builder. [1] King is considered the most respected bridge builder of the 19th century Deep South, constructing dozens of bridges in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. [2]
Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous Black historical figures out there. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early 19th century. ... Claudette Colvin is a civil rights activist and ...
Brazilian engineer and academic, only woman in the first class of the civil engineering course at the University of São Paulo in São Carlos. George F. Sowers: Geotechnical engineer E. Sreedharan: Indian civil engineer, CMD of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and Chief of Konkan Railway Project Olaf Stang: Norwegian suspension bridge engineer ...