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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Mary of Egypt (ca. 344 – ca. 421) is revered as the patron saint of penitents, most particularly in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches, as well as in the Roman Catholic. The primary source of information on Saint Mary of Egypt is the Vita written of her by St. Sophronius, the Patriarch of Jerusalem (634–638). Most of the information in this … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: More Black Saints
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
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Aprille Ericsson-Jackson (born April 1, 1963) is a pioneering female aerospace engineer. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Ericsson-Jackson attended the Cambridge School of Weston. She earned her bachelor’s in aeronautical/astronautical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: More African-American Scientists
Thursday Open Thread: Famous African-American Magicians
Ellen Armstrong was an African American female magician and daughter of Prof. John Hartford Armstrong.Born in 1914, she got her start at the age of six as assistant in her father's show. As a young child, she showed great skill as a "psychic" performer, and even had her own mind reading segment of the show. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Famous African-American Magicians