Black Scientists We Should Know
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Web Resources: Print
PBS: https://www.pbs.org/education/blog/ten-black-scientists-that-science-teachers-should-know-about-and-free-resourcesCANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/black-scientists-history-1.5918964FAMOUS SCIENTISTS: https://www.famousscientists.org/15-famous-black-scientists-in-history/LIVE SCIENCE: https://www.livescience.com/amazing-black-scientists.htmlHOW STUFF WORKS: https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/scientific-experiments/10-black-scientists.htmNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/black-inventors-and-pioneers-of-scienceTHOUGHT CO.: https://www.thoughtco.com/famous-black-scientists-606874
Web Resources: Video
QUESTION CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt-ghHyHmEABBC IDEAS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMW3zarGfh4NEW YORK HALL OF SCIENCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcJE1Q4H6hoREACTIONS (5 Black Chemists): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im_17N_JVAETHINKTANK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7lqg4QFBOQNATIONAL SPACE CENTRE (UK): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbi4Ba4OcHA
TEN BLACK SCIENTISTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt-ghHyHmEA&t=8s
10 Scientists: Web Resources
1. BENJAMIN BANNEKERVideo Biography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpfY66ccoFUBiography: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/benjamin-bannekerOverview: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/benjamin-banneker
2. GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVERRare Film Footage (National Archives): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPGlDG456VEVideo Biography (Iowa PBS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3CVmluYFtIBiography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_CarverBiography: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/george-washington-carver
3. ERNEST EVERETT JUSTBiography: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/just-ernest-everett-1883-1941/Biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Everett_JustVideo Overview/Biography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E64u3QKk5UcBiography: https://www.biography.com/scientists/ernest-everett-just 4. ALICE BALLBiography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_BallVideo Overview (Leprosy Cure): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dymJcBkGlbsBiography: https://www.biography.com/scientist/alice-ballOverview Article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-trailblazing-black-woman-chemist-who-discovered-a-treatment-for-leprosy-180979772/ Overview: https://scientificwomen.net/women/ball-alice-121 5. PERCY JULIANBiography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Lavon_JulianPercy L. Julian and the Synthesis of Physostigmine (Chemistry Landmarks): https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/julian.htmlPBS Biography “Forgotten Genius” (90 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSq__sdYNNkVideo Biography (12 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37lyMoh0NnoOverview: https://www.sciencehistory.org/education/scientific-biographies/percy-lavon-julian/ 6. KATHERINE JOHNSONVideo Biography/Overview (NatGeo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4j_LpKzcZQVideo Biography/Overview (NASA): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKxgieXQ82wBiography: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Katherine-Johnson-mathematicianOverview: https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/langley/katherine-johnson-biography/ 7. MARIE MAYNARD DALYBiography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Maynard_DalyVideo Overview (CUNY TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixtjbHDM-v8Biography: https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/marie-maynard-dalyOverview: https://www.acs.org/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/daly.html 8. GLADYS WESTBiography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_WestOverview: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/nov/19/gladys-west-the-hidden-figure-who-helped-invent-gpsInterview (US NAVY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McIemoQWv6410 Things You Might Not Know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaNv9waZTLkAssociated Press Overview: https://apnews.com/article/2dee50a4b3be4564b417f7f569b38ba4
9. JAMES EDWARD WESTBiography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edward_Maceo_WestVideo (AIP Interview): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95EFhuRyAe0Biography: http://www.cpnas.org/aahp/biographies/james-edward-west.htmlOverview: https://www.invent.org/inductees/james-e-west 10. MAE JEMISONOverview: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mae-jemison Biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_JemisonVideo Biography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWxGAogqr4MNOVA Secret Lives of Scientists and Engineers (In-person): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0vGDfuWhfI&t=27s
3. ERNEST EVERETT JUSTBiography: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/just-ernest-everett-1883-1941/Biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Everett_JustVideo Overview/Biography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E64u3QKk5UcBiography: https://www.biography.com/scientists/ernest-everett-just 4. ALICE BALLBiography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_BallVideo Overview (Leprosy Cure): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dymJcBkGlbsBiography: https://www.biography.com/scientist/alice-ballOverview Article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-trailblazing-black-woman-chemist-who-discovered-a-treatment-for-leprosy-180979772/ Overview: https://scientificwomen.net/women/ball-alice-121 5. PERCY JULIANBiography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Lavon_JulianPercy L. Julian and the Synthesis of Physostigmine (Chemistry Landmarks): https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/julian.htmlPBS Biography “Forgotten Genius” (90 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSq__sdYNNkVideo Biography (12 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37lyMoh0NnoOverview: https://www.sciencehistory.org/education/scientific-biographies/percy-lavon-julian/ 6. KATHERINE JOHNSONVideo Biography/Overview (NatGeo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4j_LpKzcZQVideo Biography/Overview (NASA): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKxgieXQ82wBiography: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Katherine-Johnson-mathematicianOverview: https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/langley/katherine-johnson-biography/ 7. MARIE MAYNARD DALYBiography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Maynard_DalyVideo Overview (CUNY TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixtjbHDM-v8Biography: https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/marie-maynard-dalyOverview: https://www.acs.org/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/daly.html 8. GLADYS WESTBiography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_WestOverview: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/nov/19/gladys-west-the-hidden-figure-who-helped-invent-gpsInterview (US NAVY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McIemoQWv6410 Things You Might Not Know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaNv9waZTLkAssociated Press Overview: https://apnews.com/article/2dee50a4b3be4564b417f7f569b38ba4
9. JAMES EDWARD WESTBiography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edward_Maceo_WestVideo (AIP Interview): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95EFhuRyAe0Biography: http://www.cpnas.org/aahp/biographies/james-edward-west.htmlOverview: https://www.invent.org/inductees/james-e-west 10. MAE JEMISONOverview: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mae-jemison Biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_JemisonVideo Biography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWxGAogqr4MNOVA Secret Lives of Scientists and Engineers (In-person): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0vGDfuWhfI&t=27s
Other Important Black Scientists
- Neil deGrasse Tyson: https://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/index.php
- Edward Alexander Bouchet: https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200706/history.cfm
- Otis Boykin: https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/otis-boykin
- Charles H. Turner: https://psychology.okstate.edu/museum/turner/turnerbio.html
- David Harold Blackwell: https://stat.illinois.edu/news/2020-07-17/david-h-blackwell-profile-inspiration-and-perseverance
- Annie Easley: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/annie-easley-computer-scientist
- Alexa Canady: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Canady
- Patricia Bath: https://www.biography.com/scientist/patricia-bath
- Sophia B. Jones: https://www.spelman.edu/about-us/news-and-events/our-stories/stories/2016/04/01/sophia-b.-jones
- Elijah McCoy: https://www.invent.org/inductees/elijah-mccoy
- Charles Lightfoot Roman: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/charles-lightfoot-roman
- Charles Drew: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/african-americans-in-sciences/charles-richard-drew.html
- Daniel Hale Williams: https://www.biography.com/scientist/daniel-hale-williams
- Emmett Chappelle: https://web.whoi.edu/big/black-history-month-series-2020-emmett-chapelle/
- Garrett Morgan: https://www.biography.com/inventor/garrett-morgan
- Norbert Rillieux: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/norbertrillieux.html
- Samuel P. Massie: https://www.atomicheritage.org/profile/samuel-p-massie-jr
- Walter Lincoln Hawkins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lincoln_Hawkins