<page_title> List of African-American mathematicians </page_title> <section_title> First men and women </section_title> <table> <cell> 1925 <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> Elbert Frank Cox <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> Cornell University <col_header> Awarded Byron </col_header> </cell> </table>
1925: Elbert Frank Cox is the first African-American awarded a doctoral degree in mathematics from Cornell University.