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African American/Black Experience in STEM: Scientists to Know

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Get to know these Scientists

Gladys West
Mathematician and Computer Programmer
Mae Jemison
Doctor, Engineer, and NASA astronaut
Percy Lavon Julian
Research Chemist
Dr. Charles R. Drew
Renowned surgeon and pioneer in the preservation of life-saving blood plasma
Marie Maynard Daly, PhD
The first African American woman to receive a doctorate in chemistry in the United States
Alice Ball
Developer of a novel leprosy treatment
The Honorable Charles F. Bolden Jr.
Astronaut, Major General, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), and 12th NASA Administrator
Dorothy Vaughan
Mathematician and Computer Scientist

Web Resources

CHAAMP Resources
Repository of digital media and teaching resources on the history and of African Americans in the medical professions from UVA.
ACS Honors African Americans in the Chemical Sciences
Biographies of pioneers in chemistry
African American Achievement at NASA
A history of Black NASA astronauts

Film & Video

The Ball Method
Short film about the life of Alice Ball
The Inexplicable Universe
Neil deGrasse Tyson's course on astronomy
Forgotten Genius: Dr. Percy Julian
NOVA documentary
Celebrating Black Scientists
PBS NOVA