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In 1851, Dr. Samuel A. Cartwright, a prominent Southern physician, published a paper in De Bow’s Review, a widely circulated periodical in the antebellum South....
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Henrietta Lacks
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The Immortal Legacy of a Medical Pioneer Henrietta Lacks was born on August 1, 1920, in Roanoke, Virginia, into a family of African American tobacco...
Dr. Alvin Vincent Blount, Jr.
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Medical surgeon Dr. Alvin Vincent Blount, Jr. was born on February 24, 1922, in Wake County, Raleigh, North Carolina. He was the eldest of four...
Dr. Gina Paige
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In 2003, Dr. Gina Paige co-founded African Ancestry, Inc. and in doing so, pioneered a new way of tracing African lineages using genetics, and a...
Dr. Rick Kittles
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PIONEERING RESEARCHER: Dr. Rick Kittles is Co-founder and Scientific Director of African Ancestry, Inc. It is through his years of research on genetic variation in...
Valerie Thomas
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Valerie Thomas is an African-American scientist and inventor best known for her patented illusion transmitter and contributions to NASA research. Valerie Thomas was born in...
Marjorie Stewart Joyner
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Marjorie Stewart Joyner was the inventor of the Permanent Wave Machine thus ensuring her a prominent place in cosmetology history. She helped write the first...
Patricia Bath
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Among many firsts, Patricia Bath is the first African American to complete a residency in ophthalmology and the first African-American female doctor to receive a...
George R. Carruthers
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George R. Carruthers, an internationally-renowned astrophysicist, is a pioneer in the use of ultraviolet astronomy for studying the Earth, our Solar System, and the universe....
Mae C. Jemison
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Mae C. Jemison is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut who made history as the first African American woman to travel in space....