While still a young man, Archie Alexander broke through two deeply entrenched barriers. He was the second African-American football player at the University of Iowa...
Emmett Chappelle is a gited African American scientist and researcher who is the recipient of 14 U.S. patents. Emmett Chappelle is clearly one of the...
Cell Biologist Jewell Plummer Cobb (born Jewel Isadora Plummer) was born on January 17, 1924, in Chicago, Illinois. Her father, Frank, was a physician and...
Physicist Elmer S. Imes, an internationally recognized early authority on infrared spectroscopy, was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on October 12, 1883, the son of Benjamin...
Sickle cell disease is a group of disorders that affects hemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells that delivers oxygen to cells throughout the body....
Ophthalmologist Dr. Maurice F. Rabb, Jr., is internationally known for his pioneering work in cornea and retinal vascular diseases. He achieved many firsts as an...