A young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s − but an older colleague took the credit
Hansen’s disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today – and that’s partly thanks to a curious tree and the work of a ...
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Dr. Bernard Harris, The First African American To Walk In Space, Will Be Inducted Into The Astronaut Hall Of Fame
Dr. Harris joined NASA as a clinical scientist and flight surgeon ... which made him the first African American to walk in ...
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Alma Levant Hayden (1927–1967)
Alma Levant Hayden was an American chemist, and one of the first African-American women to gain a scientist position at a science agency in Washington, D.C. She joined the National Institutes of ...
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The remarkable true story of Mae Jemison, the first woman of colour in space
As the rockets fired against the Florida launch pad, Jemison was on her way to becoming the first woman of colour and first African ... scientist.” Having watched Sally Ride become the first ...