Computer game innovator Gerald “Jerry” Anderson Lawson was born in Brooklyn, New York on Dec. 1, 1940, and grew up in Queens. His parents, both blue collar workers, encouraged his intellectual pursuits. Lawson’s father was a longshoreman by profession and a voracious reader of science books, Lawson’s mother was a city employee, and also president of the PTA at the nearly … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: African Americans in Engineering
Gerald Lawson
Monday Open Thread: African-American Gamers
Good Morning Obots! The video game/electronic sports industry is BOOMING. There are actually professional gamers - that's right, people making big money by playing video games. Of course, they're awfully GOOD at it! Takes a lot of practice....so the next time you tell your kid to quit playing those games, you could be asking the next Jordan of ESports to stop it! LOL However, … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: African-American Gamers