Serious Lack of African-Americans in Computing Sciences: In 2006-07, 1957 Ph.D’s in Computer and Information Sciences were awarded in the U.S.  Only 4% were African-Americans. Source:  National Center for Education Statistics Integrated Postsecondary Educational Data System February 20, 2008) http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/11/01/minorities

• According to the most recent Computing Research Association (CRA) Taulbee Survey, African-Americans represent 1.3 percent of all computing sciences faculty. http://www.cra.org/CRN/articles/may08/pipeline.html
• Why a CS PhD? http://www.cra.org/reports/why.cs.phd.pdf
• Featuring 10 AA male CS researchers
• What Current PhD Students Are Saying: http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gtg446x/videos/