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Kimberly Bryant ( @6Gems)
Founded Black Girls Code ( @BlackGirlsCode), an organization devoted to teaching young Black girls how to code, in 2011.
Founded Black Girls Code ( @BlackGirlsCode), an organization devoted to teaching young Black girls how to code, in 2011.
Gerald “Jerry” Lawson
Created the first video game console with interchangeable cartridges in the 1970s paving the way for future technologies. Led the development of the Fairchild Channel F.
Created the first video game console with interchangeable cartridges in the 1970s paving the way for future technologies. Led the development of the Fairchild Channel F.
Mae Jemison, and Guion Bluford Jr.
First Black woman in space, and first Black man in space.
First Black woman in space, and first Black man in space.
Marian Croak ( @MarianCroak)
Vice-president of engineering at @Google. Credited as a developer of Voice over IP (VOIP).
Vice-president of engineering at @Google. Credited as a developer of Voice over IP (VOIP).
Shirley Jackson
Paved the way for developments in the telecommunication space including the touch-tone telephone, the portable fax, caller ID, call waiting, and fibre-optic cable
Paved the way for developments in the telecommunication space including the touch-tone telephone, the portable fax, caller ID, call waiting, and fibre-optic cable
Elijah McCoy
A prolific inventor and mechanical engineer. Held 57 patents by the end of his life, and identified and solved the problems of engine lubrication and overheating in the late-1800s.
A prolific inventor and mechanical engineer. Held 57 patents by the end of his life, and identified and solved the problems of engine lubrication and overheating in the late-1800s.
Lisa Gelobter ( @LisaGelobter)
Computer scientist, technologist and chief executive. Contributed to the development of GIFs paving the way for internet animation.
Computer scientist, technologist and chief executive. Contributed to the development of GIFs paving the way for internet animation.
Mark Dean
Co-creator of the first IBM personal computer, and holds three of @IBM's original nine patents.
Co-creator of the first IBM personal computer, and holds three of @IBM's original nine patents.
Frank Greene
Hailed as one of the first Black technologists. Developed high-speed semiconductor computer-memory systems in the 1960s.
Hailed as one of the first Black technologists. Developed high-speed semiconductor computer-memory systems in the 1960s.
