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Saturday Open Thread: Black Firsts, Inventors and Scientists

February 2, 2013 by pragobots 96 Comments

This week's open threads have focused on the lesser known inventors and scientists in the black community. Meredith Gourdine Dr. Meredith Gourdine was born in Newark New Jersey on September 26, 1929, and grew up in the streets of Harlem and Brooklyn. Meredith Gourdine attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and received a Ph.D. in Engineering Science from the … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Black Firsts, Inventors and Scientists

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