STEM – Mathematicians
James Perkins Jr. (1953- )
James Perkins Jr. became the first African American mayor of Selma, Alabama on September 13, 2000. Perkins was born on...
Mboka Mwilambwe (1970- )
Mboka Mwilambwe, born 1970 in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was elected as the first African...
Emery Neal Brown (1956- )
Emery Neal Brown is one of a small number of African American scientists who came to prominence near the start...
Angela Ankomaah Tabiri (1990- )
Angela Ankomaah Tabiri, a quantum algebra researcher, was born in 1990 in Accra, Ghana. She graduated from Anum Memorial School...
Faustin-Archange Touadera
(1957- )
The current president of the Central African Republic (CAR) is Faustin-Archange Touadera who was born on April 21, 1957, in...
Lyman Beecher Brooks (1910-1984)
Educational administrator Lyman Beecher Brooks, the first president of Norfolk State University, was born on May 27, 1910, in Blakes,...
Marcus Jacques Garvey, Jr. (1930-2020)
Marcus Jacques Garvey, Jr., was the oldest son of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Sr., founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association...
Valerie Thomas (1943- )
Valerie LaVerne Thomas, scientist, mathematician, physicist, and inventor, was born on February 1, 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland. Reared in the...
Clyde Foster (1931-2017)
Clyde Foster, scientist and mathematician, was a significant figure who worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). His...
