Samuel Proctor Massie Jr.
Samuel Proctor Massie Jr. (July 3, 1919 – April 10, 2005) was an American chemist and educator, and one of the few African American scientists...
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Jasper Brown Jeffries
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Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on April 15, 1912, Jasper Brown Jeffries was an African American physicist and mathematician who worked on the Manhattan Project...
Edwin Roberts Russell
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Born in Columbia, South Carolina on June 19, 1913, Edwin Roberts Russell was an African American chemist who worked on the Manhattan Project in World...
The Manhattan Project
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The Manhattan Project was a top-secret research program during World War II that aimed to develop atomic weapons, specifically the first atomic bomb. It was...
George W. Reed Jr
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Born in Washington, D.C. on September 25, 1920, George W. Reed Jr. spent his entire career as a chemist specializing in a variety of fields...
William Knox
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Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts on January 5, 1904, William Knox is remembered for two achievements. He was among a handful of black scientists to...
Sarah Marinda Loguen Fraser
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Sarah Marinda Loguen Fraser, born in 1850 in Syracuse, New York, was a remarkable African American woman who made significant contributions to education and medicine...
Emma Rochelle Wheeler
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Born in Gainesville, Florida on February 7, 1882, Emma Rochelle Wheeler gained an interest in medicine at the young age of six after her father...
Henry Binga Dismond
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Henry Binga Dismond, a star athlete, medical device inventor, pioneering physician, and poet, was born on December 27, 1891, in Richmond, Virginia to Dr. Samuel...
Dr. Emory Hestus Holmes
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Dr. Emory Hestus Holmes was an African-American physician and civil rights activist. He was born on September 8, 1873, in Washington County, Texas, and died...