Derrick Brown (computer scientist)

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Derrick Brown
Born1969 (age 55–56)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationComputer Scientist

Derrick Brown was an American Computer Scientist. [1] [2] Brown helped create "the Black equivalent of the original Yahoo index", called Universal Black Pages. [3] [4]

Brown was born in Elloree, South Carolina in 1969. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Coen, Ross (2020-09-28). "Derrick Brown (1969- )". BlackPast. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  2. ↑ McIlwain, Charlton (2020). Black software: the internet and racial justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter . New York, NY: Oxford University Press. pp. 11–27. ISBN   978-0-19-086384-5.
  3. ↑ Rothman, David (17 July 2020). "'Black Software': Pioneering book on the Internet and racial justice". teleread.org. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  4. ↑ Canedy, Dana (8 October 1998). "Virtual Community for African-Americans". New York Times . Retrieved 2024-08-07.


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