School mathematics in South Africa is often seen as a sign of the health of the education system more generally. Under the racial laws of apartheid, until 1994, African people were severely restricted ...

Fort Valley State beat out some Ivy League schools, such as Harvard and Georgetown, when it comes to African-American math graduates. An academic journal, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, recently ...

This page provides an overview of the remarkable work of Scott W. Williams, PhD, Emeritus Professor, UB Mathematics. Dr. Williams joined our faculty in 1971, as Assistant Professor of Mathematics. In ...

South Africa has been struggling with mathematics education for quite some time now. It seems that something is always going wrong, and the students are not being taught what they need to know. In ...

Black mathematicians emerged from segregation and prejudice to leadership in education and research. A legacy of segregation and prejudice lies behind stories of African American mathematicians who ...

There are six mathletes left in Cruxlearning Mathematics Contest Africa (CLMCA) as the race for the title of the champion and university scholarship gets to the final lap this week. Twelve mathletes ...

Marcus Garvey — entrepreneur, founder, and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League once stated: “A people without knowledge of their past ...

This episode traces the role of HBCUs and mentors in growing the community of Black mathematicians. The episode relates stories of prominent African American mathematicians who struggled through ...

A traveling exhibition at Nauticus, “The Creative Mind,” recognizes African Americans in medicine, engineering, mathematics and science. It will be on display through April 2. The exhibition includes ...

This winter semester, Mathematics Münster is pleased to host three new YAM Fellows from the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Cameroon and Rwanda. Over the next year, they will ...

The 1960’s was a decade of firsts: the first heart transplant surgery was performed and the science fiction series Star Trek made its TV premiere. For African Americans, this period ushered in the ...