AI & Algorithm Justice
An AI auditor who helped expose big accuracy gaps in commercial face recognition and advanced model-audit practices.
Who is Inioluwa Deborah Raji?
Her calculations helped send John Glenn safely into orbit.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
Her Bell Labs research paved the way for caller ID and call waiting.
Who is Shirley Ann Jackson?
He turned a heat-pump idea into the world-famous Super Soaker.
Who is Lonnie Johnson?
Co-founder of Black in AI and a leading voice for dataset transparency.
Who is Timnit Gebru?
NASA coder who worked on the Centaur rocket and later on energy simulations.
Who is Annie Easley?
She patented the “illusion transmitter,” creating 3D-like imagery.
Who is Valerie Thomas?
Oakland-born program that trains and mentors Black male youth in coding, entrepreneurship, and leadership.
What is The Hidden Genius Project?
She co-founded MD4SG and studies how algorithms impact inequality.
Who is Rediet Abebe?
In 1983 he became the first African American in space.
Who is Guion “Guy” Bluford?
Her 1919 patent for a natural-gas heating furnace was a step toward modern central heating (and today’s smart thermostats).
Who is Alice H. Parker?
Nickname given to inventor Granville Woods for his many electrical patents.
What is “The Black Edison”?
Roboticist and entrepreneur who founded Zyrobotics to make STEM more accessible.
Who is Ayanna Howard?
The first Black woman in space—and a Star Trek guest star.
Who is Mae Jemison?
His automatic lubricator kept trains running smoothly—accept no substitutes.
Who is Elijah McCoy?
He co-founded the first networked personal computer office system and was the first African American with a CS PhD.
Who is Clarence “Skip” Ellis?
Ethiopian cognitive scientist known for challenging harmful web-scale datasets.
Who is Abeba Birhane?
Ghanaian-American roboticist who led the Mars InSight lander’s robotic arm team.
Who is Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu?
He co-founded Thermo King and transformed cold-chain logistics with mobile refrigeration.
Who is Frederick McKinley Jones?
One of Silicon Valley’s first Black women tech CEOs—she led MetricStream and wrote Unapologetically Ambitious.
Who is Shellye Archambeau?