Race, Rigor, and Selectivity in U.S. Engineering: The History of an Occupational Color Line - Hardcoverby Amy E. Slaton (Author) Despite the educational and professional advances made by minorities in recent decades, African Americans remain woefully underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, mathematics, and engineering. Even at its peak, in 2000, African American representation in engineering careers reached only 5. 7 percent, while blacks made up 15 percent of the U. S. population. Some forty five years after the Civil Rights Act sought