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Throughout this #BlackHistoryMonth, we'll be adding to the thread below and highlighting the achievements of the Black scientists, mathematicians and engineers who have made their impact on the modern world. 
Physicist Edward Bouchet was the first African-American to earn a PhD from any American university, earning his doctorate from Yale in 1874. He was among the first 20 Americans to receive a PhD in physics. #BlackHistoryMonth bit.ly/3lCFSSF
Lewis Latimer worked with some of the greatest inventors of the modern era, including Thomas Edison & Alexander Graham Bell. Latimer invented a new form carbon filament which was essential to the invention of light bulbs. #BlackHistoryMonth bit.ly/3iLD8AM
