<p>The book provides significant insight into the factors that affect the careers of these scientists and, importantly, gives voice to the many men and women who overcame discrimination, prejudice, and racism to build successful scientific careers. Although 70 percent of those interviewed felt that their careers had been hindered by discrimination, less than a handful expressed any regrets about choosing a career in chemistry. Remarkably, these chemists refused to allow racism to stifle their achievement. Although a disproportionate number of the chemists had their birth origins in the South, however, most pursued their careers outside the region and branched out across the nation. Many of those individuals had profound impacts in both industrial and academic settings but this book also chronicles the hardships that many faced. This book provides the opportunity for a full range of voices, from a number of perspectives, to be heard.</p>

Beyond Small Numbers: Voices of African American PhD Chemists (Diversity in Higher Education, 4)

Politics & Social Sciences

Pearson, Jr.

Pearson, Willie, Jr.

Social Sciences

Emerald Publishing Limited

Black Scientists, White Society and Colorless Science: A Study of Universalism in American Science

Associated Faculty Pr Inc

Even rarer than black scientists are good books about black scientists, especially books that help us to understand why there are so few blacks in science and that also suggest practical programs for improving the situation in the future. This book does both those things and more.

Blacks, Science, and American Education

Science & Math

Rutgers Univ Pr

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