What does Juneteenth mean in STEMM?

Heather K Beasley; Alexandra L Clark; Aleena Garner; Frankie D Heyward; Erika Moore; Robin G Nelson; Keisha Ray; Sophielle Silvers; Dominique Stephens; Yvon Woappi

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2023.05.011

What does Juneteenth mean in STEMM?

Cell. 2023 Jun 8;186(12):2501-2505. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.05.011. Epub 2023 Jun 8.

Authors

Heather K Beasley, Alexandra L Clark, Aleena Garner, Frankie D Heyward, Erika Moore, Robin G Nelson, Keisha Ray, Sophielle Silvers, Dominique Stephens, Yvon Woappi

PMID: 37295394
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.05.011

Abstract

Juneteenth commemorates the freeing of the last large group of enslaved people in 1865 at the end of the American Civil War. We asked several Black scientists what Juneteenth means to them in the context of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM)? Their answers run the emotional gamut.

MeSH terms

Black People
Engineering
Humans
Mathematics
Science*
Technology

Grants and funding

R00 GM140262/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States