Black History Month Week 1

In honor of black history month I will feature African American scientists, engineers, and mathematicians and their accomplishments. I will try to make entries more frequent than weekly because there are so many accomplished folks.

I have recently read about Shirley Ann Jackson, the first woman and African American to graduate with a PhD in physics. She accomplished this in 1973 from MIT. She is currently the 18th president of Rennselaer Institute of Technology. She continues to advocate for the increase in the number of women and minorities in the sciences (she took accelerated math and science classes in high school).