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<div class="rich-text">In honor of Black History Month, we celebrate these black scientists.
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In honor of Black History Month, we celebrate these black scientists.


Celebrating Black Scientists

<div class="rich-text">In honor of Black History Month, we celebrate these black scientists.
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 Celebrating Black Scientists
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 Published March 9, 2018



 Onscreen
 
 : Black History Month. How many of these black scientists do you know?


 Jewel Plummer Cobb—Biologist, Melanoma research


 George Carruthers—Engineer, Moon-based space observatory


 Bettye Greene—Chemist, New uses of latex


 Percy Julian—Chemist, Synthesis of steroid-based drugs


 Flemmie Kittrell—Nutrionist, Child development and nutrition


 Ernest Just—Marine Biologist, Embryo development


 Patricia Bath—Ophthalmologist, Laser cataract surgery


 Henry Aaron Hill—Chemist, Advanced polymer industry


 Marie Maynard Daly—Chemist, Cardiovascular disease research


 William Hinton—Pathologist, Syphilis test and treatment


 Margaret Collins—Entomologist, New termite species


 Warren Henry—Physicist, Cryomagnetism and superconductivity


 Charles Drew—Surgeon, Improved blood banks
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