Samuel Lee Kountz Jr
Samuel Lee Kountz Jr. was a physician and pioneer in organ transplantation, particularly renal transplant research and surgery. An Arkansas success story, he overcame the...
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Dr. Marian Rogers Croak
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The story of Dr. Marian Rogers Croak is very heart-warming for our team because we have experienced firsthand, the positive effects of her creation on...
Gunnar Dahlberg
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Gunnar Dahlberg was the son of Henning Dahlberg, a vicar, and of Gertrud Jaede Dahlberg. He graduated from secondary school at Västervik in 1911 and...
The Swedish State Institute for Racial Biology
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The physician and professor Herman Lundborg (1868–1943) was the founder and first head of the Swedish State Institute for Racial Biology in Uppsala, 1922 to...
A Denver sculptor was the first black man trained as an astronaut ahead of Apollo 11, but he never made it to space
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As July lengthens, the flood of ads for TV series, films, and events commemorating the 50th anniversary of July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 moon landing...
Clyde Foster brought color to NASA
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Clyde Foster came of age in Alabama in the 1950s, a place and time are so oppressive for African Americans that a former Nazi rocket...
Frank Mann
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Frank Calvin Mann was an engineer and designer who worked with entrepreneur and industrialist Howard R. Hughes on projects that included the Spruce Goose, at...
Margaret Sanger, Racist Eugenicist Extraordinaire
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Margaret Sanger (1879–1966) is a polarizing figure in American history, celebrated by some as a pioneer of reproductive rights and vilified by others for her...
Bill Jenkins, epidemiologist who tried to end Tuskegee syphilis study
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Bill Jenkins, a government whistleblower who tried to halt the Tuskegee syphilis study that used black patients as guinea pigs, then switched his focus to...
Dr. Njema Frazier
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Dr. Njema Frazier is a physicist in the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Within NNSA, she manages scientific and technical projects established...