#BlackInPhysics week (Oct 25 - 31, 2020)

[robphy]

https://www.blackinphysics.org/

#BlackInPhysics is a week dedicated not only to celebrating Black physicists and our contributions to the scientific community, but also to reveal a more complete picture of what a physicist looks like.

• https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.4.20201022a/full/
  

  The stories of these physicists show the barriers to Black people’s participation in physics and suggest changes to make the field more welcoming.

  https://physicstoday.scitation.org/topic/post-tags/black-in-physics?target=do-topic
  
  
  
  
  
• https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/blackinphysics-week-to-build-community-increase-visibility
  

  Taking place on Twitter and in webinars, #BlackInPhysics week features events geared toward Black physicists, the entire physics community and the general public.

  
  
  
  
• https://physicsworld.com/a/blackinphysics-week-set-to-celebrate-black-physicists/
  

  Charles Brown, Eileen Gonzales and Xandria Quichocho talk to Michael Banks about the barriers facing Black physicists and how #BlackInPhysics week aims to boost their visibility

  
  
  
  
• https://twitter.com/BlackinPhysics

 

[jedishrfu]

Perhaps not as famous as the others shown above but Prof Ron Mallet can be included in your gallery of Black Physicists:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Mallett

 

[robphy]

Here's some of the next generation.
"African American Women in Physics"
http://aawip.com/aawip-members/

When I last looked at this list in detail,
I counted fewer than 100 African American women with a PhD in Physics.
Sadly, I think this number is still correct.

Although the list is not definitive, it's probably not too far off.

PhDs in Physics are in the above list. The first was in 1972.
The list above includes PhDs, MS, and graduate students in Physics.
The list include those in related fields (e.g. Astronomy, Applied Physics, Chemical Physics, Engineering, History of Science, etc).
So, some research is needed to count the PhDs in Physics.

My wife got her PhD in Physics in late 2000s and, from our count, she is probably is about 50th.
(We've chatted with someone at AIP to see if there is a definitive list somewhere.
I think there isn't one yet.)