https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/01/31/life-of-montclairs-clay-a-tech-pioneer-includes-several-black-firsts/

In the Oakland hills’ Montclair district, your next-door neighbor could be a father, golfer, memoirist or an elderly gentleman who grew up until he was age 14 in a home without electricity or running water.

The guy on the other side of the backyard fence could also be a mathematician and entrepreneur who, despite all odds, rose to unprecedented levels in a career involving programming and microcomputing in Silicon Valley. As a Black man in America, this neighbor’s resume includes many remarkable “firsts.”