Evelyn Boyd Granville
The second black woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics, Evelyn Boyd Granville worked on important NASA space programs and became a longtime professor.
The second black woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics, Evelyn Boyd Granville worked on important NASA space programs and became a longtime professor.
Hal Jackson was an on-air host and DJ known for his work in racial integration via radio, and for later co-founding the Inner City Broadcasting Corporation.
State attorney general Edward Brooke was the first African American to be popularly elected to the U.S. Senate, serving two terms.