Robert R. Taylor from MIT to Tuskegee: A Black Architect’s Journey Robert Robinson Taylor (1868-1942), the first academically trained African-American architect, entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1888 and graduated in 1892. Booker T. Washington, searching for professionally educated faculty …
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Toks Fifo
Toks Fifo is a freshman at MIT studying mechanical engineering. He is putting his writing and communication skills to use by working remotely with the Robert R. Taylor Network as a research intern, developing archive profiles and timelines on black history in …
August 6, 2012 read moreRRTN Showcases Black Contributions to Science and Technology in Dakar, Senegal
In December 2010, The Robert R. Taylor Network @ MIT showcased an interactive multimedia display it created at the Third Senegal World Arts festival in the West African country. The World Festival Exhibit on Black Contribution to Science and Technology …
October 23, 2011 read moreEngineering the Future: MIT Alum Karl Reid Stands Up for Minority Students in Science and Technology
By Tristen Graves, RRTN.org By supporting minority students entering the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), Karl Reid finds a purpose that spurs his passion as well as bridges his backgrounds in engineering and education. The Vice President …
October 20, 2011 read more