Black history month 2000

This valuable resource provides the following:

• Biographic profiles of individuals from all fields of the natural sciences, mathematics, computer science, technology, and medicine.
• Statistics and bibliographies for research on African Americans in science and technology.

Black Facts Online

This website offers a database that can be searched using keywords. Search for biographic information by using either the names of individuals or terms like science, chemistry, etc. Note, the search engine seeks exact matches, so using "chemistry" and "chemist" will yield different results. Also, abbreviated terms like "math" will yield different results than "mathematics." Happy searching!

African American Inventors

Highlights the contributions of 22 African Americans featured on a Dow-sponsored poster for Black History Month.

This site has been developed by a mathematician and educator who studies the mathematical patterns embedded in cultural practices. The presentation focuses on the geometrical designs and patterns commonly used in hair braiding and weaving in African-American communities.

African American Contributors

This site was developed by eighth grade students in conjunction with an integrated unit on Africa, and contains short biographies on many African-Americans who have made significant contributions to American culture. A list of several scientists is included.

African American Scientists honored on U.S. Postage Stamps

Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806)

George Washington Carver (1861-1943)

Charles R. Drew (1904-1950)

Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975)

Ernest Just (1883-1941)

This page is part of a set of pages devoted to distinguished women of the past and present. The many biographical profiles are indexed by both subject and name. The subjects include many of the sciences, mathematics, the environment, and engineering.

Mathematicians of the African Diaspora

This website provides a concise timeline of contributions to mathematics, biographic profiles of African and African American mathematicians, and several articles relating to Black mathematicians.

Physicists of the African Diaspora

This is a component of the website described above, focusing on physicists and providing links to other resources.

African American Mathematicians

This is a succinct compilation of resources produced by the "Ask Dr. Math" service in response to questions received.

Blacks in Technology

Biographic profiles of six African American inventors.

Contributions of African-Americans and other Minority and Ethnic Groups to Mathematics and Science

Features links to biographies of four mathematicians, as well as other directories and bibliographies.

African American Inventors (The server is temporarily down)

A set of Web pages sponsored by the Multicultural Resource Center of the Inventors Assistance League. Accompanying pages include African-American Railway Inventions and African-American Contributions to Science and Industry.

Granville T. Woods (1856-1910): Genius Inventor

Black History Month 2003

An annotated bibliography of books, papers and articles by Kamau Beyete A. Sadiki that provides some insight into the accomplishments of early Africans and African-Americans in science and mathematics.

A Tribute to George Washington Carver

A gateway to Web resources, media, and the national monument dedicated to the many accomplishments of George Washington Carver.

This Website is intended to serve as a resource for student research projects and for teachers interested in using the history of mathematics in their courses. The focus is on ethnomathematics and in the connections between mathematics and other disciplines.

African and African American Women in Science

A curriculum supplement for grades 5-12.

African American Inventors Study Prints Series

A collection of forty African American Inventors Study Prints in an 11" x 17" format. Each African American Inventors Series Study Print comes with a biography of the inventor and a description of his or her invention.

Ten Great African American Men of Science

A curriculum supplement with hands-on activities for grades 7-12.

African Americans in Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Invention

A multimedia learning module in science and mathematics designed for students in grades 4-8.

African American Inventors Assignment

This is an assignment prepared for high school students in the Memphis City Schools.

The 'Racial' Economy of Science: Toward a Democratic Future (Race, Gender, and Science)

This page describes an exhibit of the Newark Public Library entitled, "African-American Inventors and Innovators: Historical and Contemporary Contributions."

The Real McCoy, African American Invention and Innovation, 1619-1930

This page describes a former exhibit at the Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture.

African American Mathematicians

This page describes an exhibit entitled ""Pioneering African American Mathematicians" housed in the DuBois College House Library on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.

NASA Webpage Honoring African American Astronauts

This page is part of the NASA Observatorium Website and presents pictures and biographical sketches of African American Astronauts.

African American Inventors

An annotated bibliography on African American inventors prepared by the Smithsonian Institution in cooperation with the Anacostia Museum.

Black Scientists and Inventors Shirt

A striking shirt that celebrates the lives of five African Americans.

Though the focus of this directory of links is on women in science and engineering, there is a short listing of African American resources.

African American Science and Technology

A brief list of links provided by the Circle Brotherhood Association.

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