Pioneering Chemist Percy Julian (1899-1975) is an American chemist who made various vital contributions to modern medicine as a result of experimenting with soybeans. He synthesised a drug called physostigmine, which is used to treat glaucoma. Julian also discovered how to mass produce cortisone and the steroid progesterone, which was used to produce sex hormones. (Oprahdaily)
The Village Movement: How Freed Africans Bought Their Freedom Twice
They had endured centuries of enslavement, survived the brutality of the plantation system and emerged from emancipation with little more...
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