National Society of Black Physicists

The National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP), established in the United States in 1977,[1] is a non-profit professional organization with the goal to promote the professional well-being of African Diaspora physicists and physics students within the international scientific community and the world community at large.[2] On April 28, 1977, the Society was established at Morgan State University,[3] with its founding co-chairs being Walter E. Massey and James Davenport.Attendance at these conferences is upwards of 500 persons, drawing people from all over the world, from Kenya to California.More recently, through a program funded by the Kellogg Foundation NSBP will assist South Africa in its efforts to increase the number of Black astronomers and astrophysicists and to build capacity in the field.The organization offers scholarships, some in conjunction with Black Enterprise magazine, and conducts outreach programs aimed at students from kindergarten through high school.
African DiasporaphysicistsFisk UniversityAfrican-AmericanDr. Donald EdwardsDr. John McNeile HunterDr. Halson V. EaglesonMorgan State UniversityWalter E. MasseyJames DavenportOpticaNational Society of Hispanic PhysicistsUnited StatesAbdus SalamEdward Bouchet Abdus Salam InstituteKellogg FoundationSouth AfricaBlack EnterpriseNeil DeGrasse TysonRonald L. MallettShirley Ann JacksonHakeem OluseyiJoseph Johnson IIIKennedy ReedSekazi MtingwaSylvester James GatesJames H. StithCharles McGruder IIIKeith JacksonQuinton WilliamsK. Renee HortonStephon AlexanderAmerican Museum of Natural HistoryRobert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center