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American Paleontologist and Eugenicist
Who: Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857–1935) What: Promoted scientific racism through his writings on eugenics and human evolution. When: 1896...
Swiss-American Biologist and Geologist
Who: Louis Agassiz (1807–1873) What: Promoted polygenism, the belief in separate origins for different races. When: 1850 Details: Louis...
French Physician, Anatomist, and Anthropologist
Who: Paul Broca (1824–1880) What: Conducted research on brain size and its relation to intelligence, contributing to scientific racism....
J. Marion Sims' Gynecological Experiments
What: J. Marion Sims conducted surgical experiments on enslaved Black women without anesthesia. When: 1840s Where: Alabama, USA. Details:...
The Mississippi Appendectomy
What: Forced sterilization of Black women in the United States under the guise of medical treatment. When: 1920s-1980s Where: Southern...
The Cincinnati Radiation Experiments
What: Radiation experiments conducted on cancer patients, primarily poor Black individuals. When: 1960-1971 Where: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA....
The Willowbrook Hepatitis Experiments
What: Saul Krugman, MD, deliberately infected institutionalized children with hepatitis. When: 1956-1970 Where: Willowbrook State School,...
The Holmesburg Prison Experiments
What: Dermatologist Dr. Albert Kligman conducted experiments on mostly Black inmates at Holmesburg Prison. When: 1951-1974 Where:...
Dr. Thomas Hamilton's Experiments on John Brown
What: Dr. Thomas Hamilton conducted painful experiments on an enslaved man named John Brown. When: Late 1700s Where: Georgia, USA....
The Moon Man​
Date:1946​ Who: Dr. Walter McAfee​ Where : Ore City, TX​ What: Walter Samuel McAfee was an American scientist and astronomer, notable for...
A Semiconductor Pioneer
Date: 1960​ Who: Frank Greene​ Where: San Jose, California​ What: While serving in the U.S. Air Force as an Electronics Officer, Green...
The Black Women Who Helped Create the GPS​
Date: 1970s and 1980s​ Who: Gladys West (1930 - )​ Where: Dahlgren, Virginia​ What: Gladys West, an African American mathematician,...
One of the First Black Employees at NASA​
Date:1955-1989​ Who: Anne Easley​ Where : John Glenn research center, Cleveland, Ohio​ What: Annie Easley was an American computer...
Founder of STEM Skool, Inc.
Date: 2017​ Who: GeAndra Imoudu​ Where: Charlotte , NC What: Imoudu founded the STEM Skool organization as a means for youth to receive...
Founding Director of Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab​
Date: 2013 Who: Ruha Benjamin​​ Where: New Jersey​​ What: In addition to being the founding director of the Ida B. Wells JUST Data Lab,...
Founder of Black Girls Code​
Date: 2011 Who: Kimberly Bryant​ Where: California​​ What: Bryant founded Black Girls Code to increase the representation of young black...
Aided in Breakthroughs in MRI
Date:2010​​ Who: Nola Hylton​​ Where: California​​ What: Hylton is most known for helping her team make a breakthrough in MRI circa 1993....
Inventor of the Text-to-Donate​system
Date: 2005​ Who: Marian Croak​​ Where: N/A​ Croak is most known for creating VoIP in the late 1900s. However, she is also known for...
Innovator in Multicore Processors​
Date: Afara Web Systems – 2000​ Migo – 2014​ SambaNova – 2017​ Who: Kunle Olukotun​ Where: Mostly based in California​ What: Innovator...
Faster Computers​
Date:1999​ Who: Mark E. Dean​ Where: Austin, Texas​ What: Computer scientist and engineer Mark Dean helped develop a number of landmark...
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