David Harold Blackwell (April 24, 1919 – July 8, 2010) was Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley, and is one of the eponyms of the Rao–Blackwell theorem. Born in Centralia, Illinois, he was the first African American inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, and the first black tenured faculty member at UC Berkeley. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African-American Mathematicians
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Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Mathematicians
Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes (September 11, 1890, Washington, D.C. – 25 July 1980, Washington, D.C.) was an American mathematician and educator. She was the first African-American woman to gain a PhD in mathematics, from the Catholic University of America in 1943. … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Mathematicians
Monday Open Thread: African-American Mathematicians
Charles Lewis Reason (July 21, 1818 – August 16, 1893) was a mathematician, linguist, and educator. He became the first African-American university professor at a predominantly white college in the United States, teaching at New York Central College, McGrawville. Charles Lewis Reason was born in New York City as one of three sons to Michel and Elizabeth (Melville) Reason, free … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: African-American Mathematicians
Thursday Open Thread: New Black History Facts
The Hosanna School Founded in 1867 in Harford County, Maryland, the Hosanna School, also known as the Berkley School, was created two years following the establishment of the U.S. Freedman’s Bureau that was designed to provide aid to former enslaved blacks and poor whites in the South in the wake of the U.S. Civil War. Located in Darlington, Harford County, Maryland, … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: New Black History Facts
Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Nurses Who Changed the Course of History
Mary Eliza Mahoney (May 7, 1845 – January 4, 1926) was the first African American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States, graduating in 1879. Mahoney was one of the first African Americans to graduate from a nursing school, and she prospered in a predominantly white society. She also challenged discrimination against African Americans in … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Nurses Who Changed the Course of History