Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Black History Month

February is African American History Month . Celebrate by browsing the Engineering Pathway ’s resources on African American scientists, engineers & inventors and our computing and engineering diversity websites.

Readers interested in inventions by African Americans may want to view the following blogs: Martin Luther King Day (January 20), Ice cream scoop invented (February 2), First patent by African American Inventor Latimer (February 10), First African American woman to receive an American medical degree (March 1), First African American to recieve a patent (March 3), The Real McCoy (July 12), First African-American in Space , (August 30), Howard University founded in 1866 (November 20), John Hopkins hospital performs first open heart surgery (November 29), Rosa Parks Day (December 1), and Birth of first self-made millionairess (December 23).