Good Morning to ya Obots! Today's pioneer is the first African American to receive a degree in oceanography. Roy Overstreet Roy Overstreet was the first African American to graduate from the University of California at Riverside, earning a degree in Physics over 53 years ago. After obtaining a master's degree, he became the country’s first Black oceanographer, working for … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African Americans in Oceanography/Marine Biology
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Wednesday Open Thread: African Americans in Oceanography/Marine Biology
Happy Hump Day Obots! Today's Scientist of the Sea is Ashanti Johnson. From TheGrio: As an African-American girl growing up in Dallas, Texas, Ashanti Johnson wanted to be like a famous French man: Jacques Cousteau. “My first exposure [to oceanography] was watching him on TV,” says Johnson, 39. “The ocean for me represented the unknown… I think because it was so vast and … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African Americans in Oceanography/Marine Biology