Black History Month, held in February, is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time to recognize the central role of blacks in U.S. history.
Reintroducing Joseph Thomas Gier February 22, 2019 - The First Tenured Black Professor at the University of California Electrical Engineering Professor Joseph T. Gier In 1942, David Blackwell, the man widely credited with being the first tenured black professor at U.C. Berkeley (see sidebar), was courted for a faculty position in the mathematics department but was never offered the job. He later learned… (more)