Black-and-white vintage photo of a woman in a plaid dress standing beside tall racks of electronic equipment, holding papers and adjusting a control knob on the front panel, surrounded by numerous dials, gauges, and switches. Carolyn B. Parker standing before a bank of testing instruments, taken at Wright Field, near Dayton, Ohio, ca 1945. courtesy Leslie Carolyn Edwards, appeared in Mickens, R. E., & Patterson, C. E. 2021, "Carolyn Beatrice Parker: A Life in Physics," History and Philosophy of Physics Newsletter, XV (College Park, MD: American Physical Society), 1, https://cdn.ymaws.com/nsbp.org/resource/resmgr/bhm-images/FHPP_Fall21.pdf

Carolyn Beatrice Parker (1917-1966)
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BA Fisk 1938 #Physics
MA U Mich 1941 #Math
MS MIT 1953 Physics

WWII Dayton (part of Manhattan) project #scientist

1st African-American woman to earn Physics graduate degree

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February is African American History Month. 📚
Explore powerful voices, enduring wisdom, and transformative stories.

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ecological threat into handcrafted products. A powerful example of #leadership driving environmental and economic change.

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Scene from the 1959 #film w/ #JohnnyNash & #EstelleHemsley ( #GoldenGlobeNominee). Nash would forgo film for a successful music career.

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February is Black History Month and we celebrate with our Josephine Baker T-shirt: www.redbubble.com/i/camiseta/J...

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February 28 - Barack Obama
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Marie Van Brittan Brown and Albert L. Brown - Wikipedia

Marie Van Brittan Brown (1922 – 1999) invented the first audio-visual home security system , which could be turned on by the push of a button. This was the basis for all modern security systems

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Maya Angelou - Wikipedia

Maya Angelou ( 1928-2014) poet, civil rights activist and memoirist. Writer of books and literature that make people think! The first Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University.

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Vernice Armour - Wikipedia

Vernice Armour (1973- ) U S Marine Corps office, the first African-American female naval aviator in the Marine Corps and the USAs first black female combat pilot. Served two tours in Iraq. called “Flygirl”

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February 27 - Shirley Franklin
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Serena Williams - Wikipedia

Serena Williams (1981-) only tennis player to achieve a Career Golden Slam in BOTH singles & doubles!73 WTA Tour-level singles titles, 23 major women's singles titles — the most in the Open Era & the 2nd most of all time.

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Gladys West - Wikipedia

Gladys West (1930-) known for mathematical modeling the shape of the Earth, and development of satellite geodesy models, incorporated into the Global Positioning System. Inducted into the US Air force Hall of Fame.

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February 26 - Thurgood Marshall
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African American Firsts Series - YouTube

A new episode drops tomorrow, so be sure to catch up on the previous episodes!

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February 25 - Ella Baker
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Gwendolyn Brooks - Wikipedia

Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) was a poet, teacher and author.The first African American to win a Pulitzer , she was appointed the Poet Laureate of Illinois and US Poet Laureate in ‘85-86

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Wikipedia

Sister Rosetta Thorpe (1915-1973) was a singer, guitarist and songwriter. The first great star of gospel music, she was the “ original soul sister”.

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February 24 - Hiram Rhodes Revels
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Barbara Jordan - Wikipedia

Barbara Jordan(1936-1996)- educator,lawyer and politician. The first African American elected to Texas senate after the Reconstruction and the first African American and first woman to deliver a keynote at the DNC.

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This years #africanamericanhistorymonth photo has us at the #universityofthedistrictofcolumbia, the only public university in the city of #Washingtondc and an #hbcu. Notable alumni include Euphemia Hayes, the first African American woman w Ph. D. in mathematics (1943) and comedian Tommy Davidson.

Ruby Bridges - Wikipedia

Ruby Bridges(1954-) was the first African American child to attend a formerly whites-only school in November 1960. Escorted to school by federal
Marshals she bravely faced bullying segregationists every day.

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February 23 - Condoleezza Rice
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February 22 - Frederick Douglass
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Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

Madam CJ Walker ( 1867-1919) entrepreneur, activist and philanthropist. Recorded as the first American woman millionaire in the Guinness book of World Records. Known for her products and her philanthropy.

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Exploring Research on the Coping Strategies of Black Survivors of Homicide Victims: A Scoping Review - Tanya L. Sharpe, Travonne Edwards, Navneet Mann, Yoonhee Lee, Antonia Bonomo, Victoria Donkin, 20... Black communities are disproportionately impacted by homicide, yet research on how surviving family members and friends of murdered victims cope with their viol...

This month is African American History Month. How do Black communities cope with homicide? This scoping review explores key concepts, study methods & future research implications. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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February 21 - Barbara Jordan
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Charlotte E. Ray - Wikipedia

Charlotte E Ray ( 1850-1911)- First African American female lawyer in the US. First woman admitted the DC Bar, and the first woman admitted to practice before the Supreme Court in DC. Suffragette and Pioneer

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February 20 - Clarence Thomas
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Tarana Burke - Wikipedia

Tarana Burke ( 1973-) Activist who started the #MeToo movement to raise awareness about sexual harassment, sexual abuse and rape culture. Named by Time Magazine as a “
Silence breaker”

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