Documenting the History of Black Mathematicians
Organizers: Edray Goins and Amy Oden
In 1997, Scott Williams created the website Mathematicians of the African Diaspora. The "MAD Pages," a compilation of more than 1,000 pages featuring over 700 biographies, documents the lives of African American mathematicians, computer scientists, and physicists. It has seen more than 20 million visitors since its creation. After Williams retired in 2008, a team of Black mathematicians formed to continue his legacy by updating the site. The new MAD Pages will be unveiled on October 9. Documenting the History of Black Mathematicians will introduce the features of this new site, and discuss the multifaceted efforts of individuals around the world to document the history of the Black Diaspora in the mathematical sciences.