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Preventing Costly Cyberattacks with Stronger Algorithms Journal of Black Innovation Special Tech Heritage Issue Fall 2017 Vol. 6, No. 7 May 2021 !1 yearly subscription $175 70 Years of Tech History © 2021 since 1947 for Roy L. Clay Sr. The Journal of Black DynaKrypt’s Dr. Frederick Foreman: Innovation Honorary Editor in Chief Preventing Costly Cyberattacks Roy L. Clay Sr. Jackie robinson of Silicon Valley withhigh Stronger technology Algorithms SPECIAL ISSUE FALL 2017 souloftechnology.com Former FAMU Professor is theSubscription Dr. $175 George yearly New stem cell trial Washington Carver of cybersecurity targets sickle cell Fighting vaccine From top left: Roy L. Clay Sr. at Rod-L Electronics, founded in 1977 celebrating its 40th year as an electronic test equipment manufacturer; nationalism with below, programming the HP 2116 in 1967 and as vice mayor of Palo Alto. Engineering Hall of Fame Scouting Sites African producers © 2017 Zenviba !1 All Rights Reserved Publisher Artist Malik Seneferu John William Templeton joins Publisher John Will Oakland learn Research Director William Templeton at Dr. Cheryl Bryant Bruce from its mistakes potential location for with sports teams Sargent Claude Johnson National Museum of African- FDA menthol ban American Art on SF could save 200,000 waterfront African-Americans iNSIDE: New discoveries on Table of Contents Sargent Johnson Publishers Page !2 © 2021 eAccess Corp. All Rights Reserved TABLE OF CONTENTS Publishers Page Page 3 DuBois Data Symposium Page 5 FAMU, NOAA promote earth science careers Page 5 Satcher returns to Charles Drew University Page 6 Charles Scott symposium at Howard medical Page 6 Senegal, Rwanda step up to make vaccines for Africa Page 8 Gullah/Geechee team with EPA Page 11 Granholm projects $23 trillion market for energy transformation Page 13 CIRM funds sickle cell trial Page 14 Building research equity at Stanford Page 16 Psychiatrist leader joins How to Do Equity Page 16 California Small Business Advocate Tara Lynn Gray Page 17 When will Oakland learn Page 19 THE CARVER OF CYBERSECURITY Dr. Frederick Foreman on the recent hacks Page 24 FDA goes after menthol cigarettes Page 30 COVER STORY Sargent Johnson chose to make art Black and beautiful Page 34 !3 PUBLISHERS PAGE At Hilltop Park in San Francisco’s Bayview/Hunters Point neighborhood From Pandemic to Prosperity: State of Black Business 18 The answer to racism is simple. Vote. !4 After 247 years of lack of representation, four million Africans in America decided in 1869 that ending slavery wasn’t enough; that equal protection of the law wasn’t enough. Their charge for the service of keeping the United States as a nation was simply to have the right to vote. In my book, We Fought, We Vote: the 150th anniversary of the 15th Amendment, the legislative history of the most important of the three Reconstruction amendments tells a pertinent story. Even Sen. Charles Sumner concluded that white men would never agree to Negro suffrage and left it out of the 14th Amendment. But in 1866 and 1867, Black voters turned out in proportions of 90 percent and above, casting the majority of the ballots in South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama. An appreciative President U.S. Grant, who first deployed the Corps d’Afrique along the Mississippi River to propel himself from an unknown shoe clerk to national hero moved forward with the 15th Amendment. He more than anyone understood that Black soldiers were the deciding element in the Civil War, sending the 25th Corps to Texas after it captured Richmond for the last engagement of the conflict. So too did no one anticipate that Black voters could rise up in Georgia, the state which gave the final ratification for the 13th Amendment on Dec. 6, 1865, on Jan. 5, 2021 and elect an African-American senator for the first time. Like the 15th Amendment, they were clear that the difference between being shot down in the streets and receiving full funding for historically Black colleges and universities was the act of voting. To the surprise of many, President Biden, with the help of Rep. James Clyburn, is redeeming the promise of voting with an agenda that invests directly in Black communities. If any validation were needed, it would come in the form of Jim Crow 2.0, a spate of measures to restrict voting. Further validation would come when a jury found a Minneapolis former police officer guilty of murdering George Floyd. The trial would not have happened had it not been for the election of Attorney General Keith Ellison in Minnesota, who made the decision to indict for second degree murder and recruited a team of special prosectors for the case. In St. Louis, new Mayor Tishaura Jones gets to decide where more than $500 million in American Rescue Plan funds go to make transformative change in her city. Boston’s first Black woman Mayor Kim Janney broke three centuries of precedent. New York City and Virginia elections this fall offer even more opportunities to change the course of history. Vote like your life depends on it. It does. On May 15, we release our 18th State of Black Business report !5 RESEARCH NEWS DuBois Data Symposium updates his legacy ATLANTA — On Friday, April 23, 2021, the AUC Data Science Initiative held its inaugural W.E.B. Du Bois Data Science Symposium! Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois is a former professor at Atlanta University who pioneered data visualizations to unravel the social plight of Blacks in the 19th century. The goal was to carry on the legacy of Du Bois through data science innovations that address issues facing Black America. Dr. Sean Jones of the National Science Foundation gave a keynote on “Harnessing the Technological Revolution Through AI, Data Science, and Quantum.” Dr. Nathan Alexander of Morehouse College addresse “Data and Du Bois: Futurist Frameworks for an Interdisciplinary Education.” The Symposium will also feature other engaging presentations, lightning talks, and roundtable discussions. Dr. Talitha Washington came from Howard University to direct the five year $8.5 million initiative, funded by a grant from United Health Group. FAMU, NOAA promote earth science careers Florida A&M University (FAMU) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration prepared for Earth Day with an April 8-9 virtual event, themed “Two Decades of Excellence: Nurturing Future Leaders in STEM,” is presented by the NOAA Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI). The forum is hosted by the FAMU-based NOAA Center for Coastal and Marine Coastal Ecosystems (CCME) and its director, FAMU President Larry Robinson, Ph.D. The two-day event will feature oral and poster presentations by students, faculty, NOAA scientists and managers, and invited speakers. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. “Florida A&M University and the NOAA Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems are honored to host this important education and science forum once again. The theme of this year’s forum reflects our commitment to prepare STEM leaders who will make impacts for generations to come,” Robinson said. “HBCUs and minority serving institutions are sources of largely untapped STEM talent. This forum gives students at these institutions an opportunity to showcase their talent and to hear from professionals about how to prepare for the challenges ahead.” The forum emphasized 20 years of successful partnerships between NOAA EPP/MSI and the Cooperative Science Centers (CSC) that have resulted in the training and graduation of hundreds of students, with a focus on students from traditionally underrepresented minority communities, in science fields relevant to NOAA’s mission. !6 Satcher addresses racism as public health issue LOS ANGELES — Dr. David Satcher is the featured presenter for Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science’s Leadership Summit on Health Equity and Social Justice June 10. The former Surgeon General is founder of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute. Roland B. Scott Symposium highlights Howard sickle cell research The Center for Sickle Cell Disease and Howard University Hospital share a long history of treating a patients and advancing research. The center has participated in every major clinical trial that has led to FDA-approved medications for sickle cell disease treatment, including the recent FDA approval of L- glutamine, the first new medication in two decades. “The Center for Sickle Cell Disease is committed to further expanding Howard University’s clinical and translational research programs with a focus on new treatments and opportunities for curative therapy,” Dr. Taylor said. “We have a long-standing commitment to research advocacy and community outreach, particularly screening for sickle cell trait.” virtually on May 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 for cutting-edge research on new sickle cell treatments and engaging panel discussions on stigma, sexuality, aging, and insurance. Dr. Roland B. Scott was the chairman of Department of Pediatrics at Howard when it was established in 1949. Dr. Scott had a life-long dedication to individuals with sickle cell disease. His 1948 paper on the prevalence of sickling in newborn blood samples was a precursor of the newborn screening programs that were later implemented nationwide. Dr. Scott established the Howard University Center for Sickle Cell Disease and was the Center Director until his retirement in 1990. Due in part to his efforts, the 1971 Sickle Cell Disease Control Act was passed and eventually led to the establishment of the Sickle Cell Disease Program at the NIH that funded 10 comprehensive sickle cell centers. Dr. Scott's legacy continues through lectures such as those presented in this symposium. !7 Dr. Amadou Sall, Senegal’s Pasteur Institute !8 Senegal, Rwanda step up to make vaccines for Africa DAKAR — Dr. Amadou Alpha Sall, director of the Pasteur Institute in Senegal, announced his laboratory would make 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine by 2022, the major announcement in the Africa Centers for Disease Control conference April 12-13 on vaccine manufacturing in Africa.
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