For White People in the U.S. That Are Not Afraid to Embrace or Learn History: Amazing Black Scientists

Marie M. Daly, (1921-2003), became the first African American woman to earn a doctoral degree in chemistry when she graduated from Columbia University in 1947.

LiveScience: Black scientists have launched us into space, discovered new disease treatments and developed world-changing technologies, yet the achievements and contributions of Black people in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields are too-often forgotten or unrecognized as a result of systemic racism. In honor of the #Strike4BlackLives, we’d like to introduce our readers to just a sample of the amazing Black scientists in the world. Here, you can learn more about the phenomenal work Black scientists do and have done every day.