Percy Lavon Julian

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Science and Technology
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Julian is a part of a small group of African American Inventors and Scientists; he received more than 130 chemical patents. He was one of the first African Americans to receive a doctorate in chemistry. He was the first African American chemist inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, and the second African American scientist inducted (after David Blackwell) from any field.

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