Elmo Brady was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry ... In honor of his mentor, he began the Talley Lectures, which drew many famous chemists to Fisk. He obtained funds for one ...

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Along the way, he became a world-famous scientist ... except there was a moment when Franklin visited a school for African-American children and Franklin had sort of unthinkingly adopted the ...

When exposed to terms common in different racial dialects, large language models make racist assumptions about people from ...

One of the researchers described the circumstances that led to the discovery as “serendipity.” This year’s prestigious Lasker ...

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Brooklyn, Illinois, holds a unique distinction -- being the “oldest known Black town” in the United States. This dig hopes to shine a light on that history.

A New York City mural honoring ancient and modern figures in medicine could end up in pieces if it can’t find a new patron ...