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    This document highlights three notable Black mathematicians: Benjamin Banneker, who was a self-taught astronomer, surveyor, and inventor who constructed a wooden clock; Jesse Ernest Wilkins Jr., who became the youngest student at the University of Chicago at age 13; and Katherine Johnson, whose orbital calculations for NASA were critical to the success of early manned spaceflights including those of Alan Shepard and John Glenn.

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    Black Mathematicians

    MONTH OF THE BLACK HISTORY AWARENESS


    Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806)

     Banneker a multi-talented person who self-educated himself astronomy


    and mathematics. He was also a writer, compiler of almanacs, surveyor
    and inventor. At the age of 24, he observed a wrist-watch and used it to
    construct his own clock from wood which struck on the hour. Made the
    almanac that predicted seasonal changes as it related to farming and
    its principals are still being used today
    Jesse Ernest Wilkins Jr. (1923-2011)

     Jesse Ernest was a mathematician,


    mechanical engineer and nuclear
    scientist who became the youngest
    ever student on entering the University
    of Chicago at the age of 13. His
    intelligent led to him being referred to
    as a “negro genius” in the media.
    Katherine Johnson (1918 - )

     Mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee


    were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. manned
    spaceflights.
     Johnson's work included calculating trajectories, launch windows and
    emergency return paths for Project Mercury spaceflights, including those of
    astronauts Alan Shepard, the first American in space, and John Glenn, the first
    American in orbit, and rendezvous paths for the Apollo lunar lander and
    command module on flights to the Moon.
     Her calculations were also essential to the beginning of the
    Space Shuttle program and she worked on plans for a mission to Mars. In 2015,
    President Barack Obama awarded Johnson the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
     In 2018, Mattel announced a Barbie doll in the likeness of Johnson, with a NASA
    identity badge.

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