Today on ASCE Plot Points marks the start of a new series called "Engineering a Culture of Inclusion," talking with civil engineers impacted by the current sociopolitical climate, who will share their experiences within and insights about the civil engineering profession, specifically as they relate to race and racism.
Birdel Franklin Jackson III, P.E., M.ASCE, lives in Alpharetta, Georgia, enjoying retirment after a long and successful civil engineering career. In today's episode, he reflects on his life and career, from segregated Memphis to the ASCE Student Chapter at the University of Toledo and the Jackson-Davis Foundation the organization he named after his parents to give scholarships to African-American civil engineering students.
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