Dr. Edward Alexander Bouchet
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Dr.Edward Alexander Bouchet was an African-American mathematician and physicist who was the first African-American to graduate with a PhD in the United States.
Benjamin Banneker
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Benjamin Banneker, born in 1731, was a mathematician, astronomer, farmer, almanac compiler, and civil rights advocate.