Percy Julian
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Meet Percy Julian in this great story from The Amazing People Club®. An amazing chemist, he was responsible for major breakthroughs in the use of soya bean oil, steroids and cortisone. He was one of the first African Americans to receive a doctorate in chemistry and the first African-American chemist inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1899, he faced the struggles of segregation. He beat all the odds by getting his high school education, being accepted into university and finally going on to study at Harvard. His intellectual perseverance and conviction resulted in key breakthroughs in chemistry.
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