Otis Boykin

                                                American Inventor & Engineer

    Otis Boykin was known for being an inventor and engineer. He was born on August 29th, 1920, and died on March 26th, 1982. After graduating from Fisk College in Nashville, he had a job as a lab assistant with the Majestic Radio and TV Corporation in Chicago. He eventually became supervisor. Boykin later on worked for P.J. Nilsen Research Laboratories. There, he began to invent his own products and starting a new business called Boykin-Fruth Incorporated. Boykin took an interest in working with resistors, he began to invent one after researching about them. He received a patent for a wire precision resistor in 1959, this would later be used in radios and television. Years later he created a device that can withstand extreme changes in temperature and pressure, the device was cheaper and more reliable than others on the market. Boykin's famous invention was a control unit for the pacemaker. When Boykin died, he had twenty-six patents in his name. 

    To combat racial bias in computing and technology today is to recruit more people that are under-represented, such as people of color and woman of color in the technology field. Also ensuring that technological advancements are inclusive. In addition, it is important to be able to recognize the inequalities in the field because we cannot make change if it is unspoken of.