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African American History Leaders: Home

Researching African and African American culture & identify; also interested in people of African descent including in Brazil, Cape Verde, Dominican Republic, Haiti (art, cultural movement, hair, literature, museums, oral tradition, music and religion.

Benjamin Banneker

   

Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806), was a self-taught scientist, mathematician, farmer, astronomer, and urban planner.  

Elbert Frank Cox

Elbert Frank Cox (1895-1969), was the first black person in the United States to receive a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Pure Mathematics (Cornell University in 1925). Dr. Cox then went on to teach math for 40 years.  

Euphemia Lofton Haynes

Euphemia Lofton Haynes (1890-198) earned an undergraduate mathematics major (and psychology minor) from Smith College in 1914.  She completed a master's degree in education from the University of Chicago in 1930. In 1943 completed her PhD from The Catholic University of America.

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Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) Library and Learning Commons Research Guide. Resources by Vivica D., Smith Pierre, Andrew McCarthy, Svetlana Ordian, & Alexey Kozlov is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.