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Gerald ‘Jerry’ Lawson: Inventor of the Cartridge-based Video Game
Posted on 09. May, 2011 by Leshell Hatley.
Gerald ‘Jerry’ Lawson, pioneer video game innovator, is a singular figure in video game and computer history. He’s a self-taught electronics genius who, with incredible talents, audacity, and strong guidance from his parents, managed to end up at the top of his profession despite the cultural tides flowing against him. Jerry Lawson passed on April 8, 2011 at the age of 70.
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Ory Okolloh: Kenyan Activist & Google’s New Policy Manager for Africa
Posted on 03. Jan, 2011 by Leshell Hatley.
Ory Okolloh is a lawyer, activist, and blogger who is now headed to Google at its Policy Manager for Africa.
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[Black Organizations] Sigma Pi Phi: “The Boule” -The First African-American Greek-lettered organization
Posted on 19. Aug, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Sigma Pi Phi is the first African-American Greek-lettered organization with a purpose of creating a forum wherein they could pursue social and intellectual activities in the company of peers.
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Kelly Miller: First African-American Mathematics Graduate Student and Influential Founder of Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
Posted on 21. Jun, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
In 1887, Kelly Miller became the first African-American Mathematics Graduate Student. He went on to become extremely influential during the debates between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois and planted the seed for what is now called the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University.
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Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown: Educator and Founder of Palmer Memorial Institute
Posted on 16. Jun, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown shared ideas with the great African American educators Mary McLeod Bethune and Nannie Helen Burroughs. Together, these three women became known as the “Three Bs of Education,” and it was Bethune who introduced Brown to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Dr. Ronald Mallett: Professor of Physics and Time Travel Philosphopher/Researcher
Posted on 03. Jun, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Ronald L. Mallett is the 79th African-American to obtain a PhD in Physics. He is a professor of physics at the University of Connecticut and Time Travel Researcher.
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[RESOURCE] Auburn Ave Research Library on African-American Culture & History
Posted on 18. Mar, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
It’s been a while since we featured an amazing resource so today, we focus on the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture & History. It is located in Atlanta, GA and is the first library of its kind in the southeast offering specialized reference and archival collections for the study and research of African cultures. AARL recently received funding to digitize is archival collections.
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Sara Dunlap Jackson: One of the 1st Black Archivists at the National Archives
Posted on 03. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
While we recognize and remember Carter G. Woodson as the “Father of Afro-American History,” we often do not recognize giants who facilitated the researching of this history: Sara Dunlap Jackson was a giant among us.
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Dr. Patricia Hill Collins: Sociology Professor and Published Author
Posted on 20. Aug, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Patricia Hill Collins is Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park, former head of the Department of African American Studies at the University of Cincinnati and current President of the American Sociological Association Council. She came to national attention for her book Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment, originally published in 1990.
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Online Resources for African-American Information
Posted on 07. Aug, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Today, we have a different feature. After all the amazing comments we’ve been getting about the information we provide, we thought it would be nice to feature a list of additional online resources with more amazing information about African-Americans and the African-American experience in this country. Some you may know of while others may be new to you, be we are certain that you will enjoy the wealth of knowledge presented!
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Cornel West: Pastor, Scholar, Philosopher, Full Professor
Posted on 05. Aug, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
One of America’s most provocative public intellectuals, Cornel West has been a champion for racial justice since childhood. His writing, speaking, and teaching weave together the traditions of the black Baptist Church, progressive politics, and jazz. The New York Times has praised his “ferocious moral vision.”
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Edward Alexander Bouchet – 1st African-American PhD in Physics
Posted on 03. Aug, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
In 1876 Edward Alexander Bouchet successfully completed his dissertation on the new subject of geometrical optics, becoming the first black person to earn a Ph.D. from an American university as well as the sixth American of any race to earn a Ph.D. in physics.
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Shirley Chisholm: 1st Black Woman Elected to Congress & 1st Black Presidential Candidate
Posted on 27. Jul, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an African-American politician, educator, and author. She was a Congresswoman, representing New York’s 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1968, she became the first black woman elected to Congress. On January 25, 1972, she became the first major-party black candidate for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Henry Lewis Gates: Literary Critic, Educator, Public Scholar
Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr. is an American literary critic, educator, scholar, writer, editor, and public intellectual. Gates currently serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University, where he is Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. Recently, he became the Editor-In-Chief of The Root, a daily online magazine that provides thought-provoking commentary on today’s news from a variety of black perspectives. The site also hosts an interactive genealogical section to trace one’s ancestry through AfricanDNA.com, a DNA testing site co-founded by him.
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NYPL: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a national research library devoted to collecting, preserving and providing access to resources documenting the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world. The Center’s collections first won international acclaim in 1926 when the personal collection of the distinguished Puerto Rican-born Black scholar and bibliophile, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, was added to the Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints of the 135th Street Branch of The New York Public Library.
