Dr. Gladys Mae West has been recognized as the mathematician who laid the groundwork to invent the GPS, due to her contributions to the mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth and her work on the development of the satellite geodesy models that have been incorporated into the GPS system. (Read more...)

Kizzy is part of a team of researchers who in early 2020 helped to develop an mRNA-based vaccine for Covid-19 in collaboration with the biotech firm Moderna. (Read more...)

Turner's visionary ideas about animal intelligence did not resonate in the field during his lifetime. (Read more...)

In 1927, Barnes was the first Black to receive an official board certification in Otolaryngology. (Read more...)

In April 2021, the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, nominated Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe to the post of Director of the Office of Science at the US Energy Department. (Read more...)

John Nkengasong makes use of all African Union member states' expertise, Africa CDC and World Health Organization (WHO), to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. (Read more...)

Bath is the first African-American woman to specialize in ophthalmology. (Read more...)

The street in front of the building had already been named "Hidden Figures Way", in tribute to Jackson and all the women who devoted their lives to the American space program. (Read more...)

The Human Genome Project, an effort of international research to determine the sequence of the DNA of the human genome, missed out many variables from the genomes of Africans. (Read more...)

Dr. Williams also founded the first interracial hospital in the United States. (Read more...)