There’s a chronology of “psychology’s contributions to the belief in racial hierarchy and perpetuation of inequality for people of color in U.S.&rdquo…
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Black History Month Black History Month: Early Mental Health Pioneers
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Black History Month Black History Month: Chemists’ Powerful Stories & the Sociologist Who Studied Them
It was “a large, plain white building”, W.E.B. Du Bois wrote, “on the banks of the Seine, opposite the Rue des…
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Black History Month Stories of African-American STEM Societies: Part 4 — From Anthropologists to Academic Surgeons
This Black History Month, I’ve dug into the origin stories of African-American STEM societies, and the amazing people who started…
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Black History Month Stories of African-American STEM Societies: Part 3 — From Sociologists to Engineers
This Black History Month, I’ve dug into the founding stories of African-American STEM societies. In previous posts we’ve covered groups from…
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Black History Month Stories of African-American STEM Societies: Part 2 — From Psychologists to Mathematicians
After the slow first wave of African-American STEM societies from 1895 to 1947 (part 1), a new wave swept in…
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Black History Month Stories of African-American STEM Societies: Part 1 — The First Wave (1895 to 1947)
When we celebrate STEM history, we tend to focus on individuals singled out for specific inspiring scientific achievements. And that’s…
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Black History Month Black History Month: Mathematicians’ Powerful Stories
It was a turning point. The previous year, the US Civil Rights Act had passed. On 26 January 1969 in…
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Black History Month How-To Guide: Help Find Missing Scientists’ Faces
Do you want to see more photos and stories of amazing women and other under-represented scientists? Sure you do! And…
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Black History Month Black History Month: The Complicated Power of More Women Scientists’ Faces
The photos are gorgeous. They’re uplifting. The images bring women we have not heard of before to life, shifting our own…
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Black History Month Wikipedia Activism and Diversity in Science
There’s no getting around it. A lot of scientists are white men, and it’s always been that way. But it’s never…
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Black History Month (Hi)stories our bodies tell: Experiencing racism (Guest Post)
Guest post by Michelle Munyikwa I am currently still reveling in Black History Month. Yes, it is no longer February…
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Black History Month Out from the shadows of racist anthropology (Guest Post)
Guest post by Michelle Munyikwa The skull was smaller than I expected it to be, shockingly light in my hands. Despite…