1987-2023 – US Black Engineer
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 15, 2023
According to a report from 1987, the representation of Black engineers among the 1.6 million engineers in the United States was only 2%, which equates to approximately 32,000 men and women.
This was the year when the Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) was first presented at a STEM conference organized by Career Communications Group’s US Black Engineer magazine and engineering deans from historically Black colleges and universities . . .
