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How Percy Lavon Julian Became the First Black Chemist Inducted Into the National Academy of Sciences
How Percy Lavon Julian Became the First Black Chemist Inducted Into the National Academy of Sciences

You may not have heard of Percy Lavon Julian, but chances are you’ve used a product his groundbreaking research was responsible for. Julian was a twentieth-century research chemist whose work in chemical synthesis laid the groundwork for synthesizing estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone used...