William A. Hinton: The first African American to author a medical textbook
William Augustus Hinton was the first Black professor at Harvard Medical School and the first African American to publish an academic textbook. As a bacteriologist,...
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Ralph Gardner-Chavis: Chemist and Scientist on the atomic bomb
Ralph Gardner-Chavis, who was a pioneer in plastic chemistry, owns the distinction of being one of the scientists and technicians who worked on the Manhattan...
George Robert Carruthers: Inventor of the far-ultraviolet camera and spectrograph
George Robert Carruthers is an African American astrophysicist, who is a pioneer in ultraviolet astronomy. Carruthers’ invention was first used in sounding rocket flights in...
Walter McAfee: The African American Astrophysicist
Walter S. McAfee was an African-American scientist and astronomer, notable for participating in the world’s first lunar radar echo experiments with Project Diana. Walter McAfee,...
Herman Branson: Co-inventor of the alpha helix
[dropcap size=small]H[/dropcap]erman Russell Branson (August 14, 1914 – June 7, 1995) was an African-American physicist and chemist, who was co-inventor of the alpha helix and...
Ernest Everett Just : A biologist of unusual skill
Ernest Everett Just was an internationally known African-American biologist, zoologist, and physiologist who made major contributions to the field of biology through his pioneering research...
Ralph Bunche: First Black to win a Nobel Prize
[dropcap size=small]R[/dropcap]alph Bunche was an American political scientist, academic, and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize. He received it for having arranged a...
Alice Augusta Ball: The African-American chemist who developed an effective treatment of leprosy
Alice Augusta Ball was an African American chemist who developed the most effective treatment of leprosy until the 1940s and died at the very young...