The UnWhitewashed Truth: We Wouldn’t Have Home Computers Without Black Ingenuity

The UnWhitewashed Truth: We Wouldn’t Have Home Computers Without Black Ingenuity

The history of modern technology is incomplete — because it has been whitewashed. Every time you turn on a computer, stream a video, or use a smartphone, you are benefiting from the genius of Black innovators whose names have been hidden or erased. In The UnWhitewashed Truth: We Wouldn’t Have Home Computers Without Black Ingenuity, historian and educator Maurice Woodson exposes the lies of traditional tech history and shines a light on the Black pioneers who made the digital age possible. Mark Dean — co-creator of the IBM PC. - Jerry Lawson — inventor of the video game cartridge. - Katherine Johnson & Evelyn Boyd Granville — NASA mathematicians who powered the Space Race. - Philip Emeagwali — father of parallel computing. - Lisa Gelobter — architect of streaming and web animation. - John Henry Thompson — creator of the Lingo programming language. - And many more… This is not a story of “hidden figures.” It is a story of central figures — innovators who changed the world despite racism, sexism, and systemic erasure. If you want the truth about technology — unfiltered and unwhitewashed — this book is essential reading.