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Engineering doors opened through jobs, projects, training and promotion
Expanded history9 sourced episodes
Black engineers designed infrastructure, changed aircraft production, led space projects and taught the next generation. These records separate earning a degree from getting hired, being assigned technical work and gaining authority to lead.
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Scope & research limits
Nine selected episodes across civil, mechanical, aerospace and systems engineering. Named employers include Michigan Central Railroad, Tennessee State, NASA Langley, Boeing, The Aerospace Corporation and NASA Goddard. Their records do not establish every engineering specialty or a reader’s own employment chain.
Supports Corroborates Goddard instrument-engineering and project-management work; not current employment status.
Where to look Speaker biography: instrument project manager and technologist
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Boeing
2026 program
Engineering internships for students at partner HBCUs
Boeing’s 2026 scholar program offered engineering internships to students at partner HBCUs, including Tuskegee University and North Carolina A&T State University. The program paired consecutive internships with scholarships and mentoring.
Where the connection stops This is a program description, not evidence of participation, completion or a permanent job.
Howard developed degree programs in civil, electrical and mechanical engineering. Federal civil rights law later extended protections against race discrimination to federally funded education. The two labels describe different contributions to access to engineering education.
A degree is the usual starting point for civil and electrical engineers. Employers hire graduates, and some work requires a professional license. University admissions shape access to those degrees.
These figures describe the published engineer occupation. A separate measure would be needed for your specific job title.
Employed workforce
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Coverage 2006–2024. Dots mark reported years. Gaps stay open.
2006–2024 definition. Engineers, SOC 17-2000; excludes technicians and engineering managers. Black or African American alone (RAC1P=2), any Hispanic origin or birthplace. Denominator: all U.S. civilian employed people age 16+ in this occupation (ESR=1 or 2; 50 states and DC). Weighted by ACS person weight PWGTP. OCCP: 1320, 1340, 1350, 1360, 1400, 1410, 1420, 1430, 1440, 1450, 1460, 1520, 1530.
Engineers, SOC 17-2000; excludes technicians and engineering managers. Black or African American alone (RAC1P=2), any Hispanic origin or birthplace. Denominator: all U.S. civilian employed people age 16+ in this occupation (ESR=1 or 2; 50 states and DC). Weighted by ACS person weight PWGTP. OCCP: 1320, 1340, 1350, 1360, 1400, 1410, 1420, 1430, 1440, 1450, 1460, 1520, 1530.
Coverage 1990–1990. Dots mark reported years. Gaps stay open.
1990 definition. Engineers. People age 16+ in the U.S. civilian labor force classified in the named occupation, including experienced unemployed. Black, single reported race, any Hispanic origin or birthplace. Share of all people in those rows, male and female combined. Published decennial sample estimates.
Engineers. People age 16+ in the U.S. civilian labor force classified in the named occupation, including experienced unemployed. Black, single reported race, any Hispanic origin or birthplace. Share of all people in those rows, male and female combined. Published decennial sample estimates.
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