Cassidy: Gaming industry finally recognizes the work of a pioneer – SiliconValley.com

Jerry Lawson developed the first video game console, the Fairchild Channel F. He was one of the first African-American high technology engineers in Silicon Valley.

“It was back in the mid-1970s that Jerry Lawson developed the first video game console system, breaking ground in more ways than one. You see, Lawson, 70, is black. And while we often try to

A Channel F Brochure from 1977 brochure from 1977. Channel F debuted in 1976 and was on the market until about 1983.

pretend that’s neither here nor there, the truth is it is here — and it was even more-so there, when Lawson arrived in the valley in 1968.”

Cassidy: Gaming industry finally recognizes the work of a pioneer – SiliconValley.com