Elmo Brady (1884-1966) was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry in the U.S. After receiving his ... He worked hard to gain an education and become a scientist. He taught at ...

He is remembered as a trailblazer who overcame racial barriers to make lasting contributions to science and medicine. Dr. Shirley Jackson is a physicist and the first African American woman to ...

Angie Lena Turner King was one of the first African-American women to gain degrees ... In addition to many other affiliations, she was a member of the American Chemical Society, the West Virginia ...

Percy Lavon Julian, a young, Black scientist working in Jim Crow America ... He’d been one of the first African Americans to earn a PhD in chemistry, something he did at the University of Vienna after ...

after more than four decades of chemical research, Julian became only the second African-American elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors awarded to scientists in ...

Looking for an African-American scientist whose story would allow us ... Neither director Llew Smith nor I had a background in chemistry. We didn't know how long the research would take, how ...

In much the same way, medical researchers and church leaders can join forces to draw African American community members into clinical ... Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles. "So if ...

Enhance and improve the skills and knowledge of the chemical science community in Africa. Integrate African chemistry into the global scientific community by enabling the exchange of ideas and ...