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Tech Watch: A push for minorities to cross digital divide.

Publication: Crain's Chicago Business
Publication Date: 20-AUG-01
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Tech Watch: A push for minorities to cross digital divide.(includes other news)(Brief Article)

Article Excerpt
Keith Washington dreamed of being a computer scientist during a 19-year stint with the U.S. Postal Service, but he wondered whether tech held a place for minorities like him. ``I would thumb through the pages of Computerworld,'' he recalls, ``and I'd rarely see any African-Americans in the pages.'' Now, at 42, Mr. Washington is living his dream and encouraging others to follow his lead.

Armed with a master's degree in information systems from Chicago's Roosevelt University, he's a software engineer here with IBM Corp. Mr. Washington also teaches computer science classes at Roosevelt...

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