by Brigida Blasi | Jul 31, 2020 | African American History, People
Dr. Gladys West is a mathematician whose calculations and computer programming helped construct a geoid (a mathematical model of the earth’s shape). West’s modeling directly contributed to the ubiquitous use of the global positioning system (GPS) today. Born on...
by Mia L. Carey | Jul 31, 2020 | African American History, People
Forty-year-old Javier Ambler II died in Austin, Texas after being tased multiple times by police during an arrest on March 28, 2019. Ambler was driving home from a poker game when a Williamson County Sheriff deputy attempted to pull him over for not dimming his...
by Eduardo Dawson | Jul 29, 2020 | African American History, People
On September 27th, 2016, Alfred Okwera Olango, aged 38, was killed in El Cajon, California by Officer Richard Gonsalves as his sister Lucy Olango watched in disbelief. His death reflected a turbulent period with multiple deaths of black people killed by police...
by Eduardo Dawson | Jul 29, 2020 | Global African History, People
On July 24, 2016, 37-year-old Somali-Canadian Abdirahman Abdi was beaten outside of his home in Ottawa, Canada by constables Dave Weir and Daniel Montsion. His subsequent death sparked multiple Black Lives Matter protests in the Canadian capital and the formation of...
by Eduardo Dawson | Jul 29, 2020 | African American History, People
On September 6, 2018, Botham Shem Jean was killed in his Dallas, Texas apartment by off-duty police officer Amber Renee Guyger. Twenty-six at the time of his passing, his death set off nationwide protests from various organizations including Color of Change, a racial...
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