BHM Periodic Table
Black History Month

Celebrating Black History Month

In February, ICS celebrates Black History Month by highlighting pioneers in science and technology and sharing resources to expand diversity in tech. Following the lead of Dana Boone, a student in Florida, we’ve created our own ICS Periodic Table of Black History. In 2021, Boone put up at a display at his elementary school of the Periodic Table of Black History, created in 2019 by staff members at the Lakeland Public Library in Florida. Using that model as a foundation, we’ve created our own version here:

ICS Periodic Table of Black History

Legend

Scientists Activists Famous Firsts Computer Scientist & Tech Pioneers Campus Resources ICS/Engineering Faculty Organizations ICS Graduate Students
1
BB
Benjamin Banneker
1731 - 1806
2
BFSA
Black Faculty & Staff Association
3
FD
Frederik Douglas
1818 - 1895
4
MA
Marian Anderson
1897 - 1993
5
DB
David Blackwell
1919 - 2010
6
EB
Edward Bouchet
1852 - 1918
7
OB
Otis Boykin
1920 - 1982
8
AC
Alexa Canady
9
BG
BioGals
10
BGSN
Black Graduate Student Network
11
ME
Medger Evers
1925 - 1963
12
MC
Misty Copeland
13
RC
Roderic Crooks
14
GC
George Carruthers
1939 - 2020
15
CD
Charles Drew
1904 - 1950
16
MMD
Marie Maynard Daly
1921 - 2003
17
BGC
Black Girls Code
18
CBCRR
Center for Black Cultures, Resources & Research
19
FLH
Fannie Lou Hamer
1917 - 1977
20
MJ
Mae Jemison
21
KJ
Katherine Johnson
1918 - 2020
22
EBG
Evelyn Boyd Granville
23
RC
Roy Clay
24
GW
Gladys West
25
AJE
Annie J. Easley
1933 - 2011
26
JL
Jerry Lawson
27
MH
Marc Hannah
28
KB
Kimberly Bryant
29
AE
Aicha Evans
30
EA
Elizabeth Ankrah
31
IH
Ian Harris
32
JRO
Joni Ricks-Oddie
33
GWC
George Washington Carver
1864 - 1943
34
BWG
Bettye Washington Greene
1935 - 1995
35
BiT
Blacks in Technology
36
EASA
East African Student Association
37
MLK
Martin Luther King, Jr.
1929 - 1968
38
RLJ
Robert Louis Johnson
39
TW
Tristan Walker
40
DV
Dorothy Vaughn
1910 - 2008
41
MWJ
Mary Winston Jackson
1921 - 2005
42
CSE
Clarence "Skip" Ellis
1943 - 2014
43
MD
Mark Dean
44
JHT
John Henry Thompson
45
JG
Juan Gilbert
46
AH
Ayanna Howard
47
TG
Timnit Gebru
48
VA
Vitica Arnold
49
TA
Tayloria Adams
50
AA
Adeyemi Adeleye
51
WB
Will Bowman
52
RAY
Roger Arliner Young
1889 - 1964
53
BUiLT
Blacks United in Leading Technology Int’l
54
NSBE
National Society of Black Engineers
55
MMB
Mary McLeod Bethune
1875 - 1955
56
SM
Simone Manuel
57
LC
Loretta Cheeks
58
MB
Michael Berhane
59
TE
Tony Effik
60
YM
Yeshimabeit Milner
61
HM
Hadiyah Mujhid
62
SO
Sofia Ongele
63
MS
Meme Styles
64
BS
Bria Sullivan
65
SY
Saron Yitbarek
66
EAD
Ella A. Dodor
67
ED
Emani Dotch
68
AT
Aaron Trammell
69
TD
Timothy Downing
70
SH
Shakira Hobbs
71
DAIR
Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research
72
NSA
Nigerian Student Association
73
RP
Rosa Parks
1913 - 2005
74
TM
Thurgood Marshall
1908 - 1993
75
BO
Barack Obama
76
KH
Kamala Harris
77
RJB
Ralph J. Bunche
1904 - 1971
78
JR
Jackie Robinson
1919 - 1972
79
TLJ
Thomas L. Jennings
1791 - 1856
80
SEG
Sarah E. Goode
1855 - 1905
81
GB
Guion Bluford
82
GEB
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
1917 - 2000
83
CH
Christine Head
84
JJ
Jazette Johnson
85
WJK
Whitney-Jocelyn Kouaho
86
LW
Lucretia Williams
87
RO
Ronke Olabisi
88
QS
Quinton Smith
89
AOU
All of Us
90
BTI
Black Thriving Initiative

For more information on diversity in tech, read previous articles we’ve posted during Black History Month:

Sharing Resources to Expand Diversity in Tech

Pioneers in Science and Technology, Part II

Pioneers in Science and Technology, Part I

Alumni Chapter’s Lunch & Learn Panel Discussion Showcases Black Superstar Leaders in ICS

Alumni Spotlight: Anthony D. Mays Is Opening Doors for the Next Generation of Tech Talent
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