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General Resources
The following sources contain a variety of background information or cover multiple individuals.
- Ronald Mickens, The African American Presence in Physics
- TEAM-UP Report: The Time Is Now: Systemic Changes to Increase African Americans with Bachelor’s Degrees in Physics and Astronomy
- Physics Today Q&A with Bria Andrews, Shawn Muslim, John Johnson, Dara Norman, Sekazi Mtingwa
- Physics Today Q&A with Carl Fields, Marcelle Soares-Santos, Sekazi Mtingwa, Quinton Williams, Farrah Simpson, Kétévi Assamagan, Jessica Esquivel, James Stith, Alvine Kamaha, Philip Phillips, Charles McGruder, Chima McGruder, Clifford Johnson, Elaine Lalanne
- Webster, Raymond, African American Firsts in Science & Technology published 2000
Resources on Individuals
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- For example, try searching for: Warren Henry physics
Or search for: Warren Henry Howard University physics
- For example, try searching for: Warren Henry physics
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The following sources contain information on specific Black physicists, listed in alphabetical order by last name.
- Adkins, Rutherford Hamlet
- Rutherford Hamlet Adkins Physics Today obituary: https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.882461
- Basri, Gibor
- ScienceMakers, Biography of Gibor Basri: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/gibor-basri-41
- Bragg, R. H. (Robert H.)
- Oral history: https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/roho/ucb/text/BraggBook.pdf
- ScienceMakers, Biography of Robert Bragg: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/robert-bragg-41
- Branson, Herman
- Article in Physics Today https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.3048474
- Biography by Physics Today: https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/pt.6.6.20170814a/full/
- Biography by the American Crystallographic Association: https://history.amercrystalassn.org/h-branson
- Carruthers, George
- Dark McNeese, Marta
- Epps, Thomas H., III
- Henry, Warren E.
- Warren Elliot Henry Physics Today obituary: https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.1510294
- Hammonds, Evelyn
- AIP Interview with Evelynn Hammonds: https://youtu.be/m6AjOk4O8gY
- Imes, Elmer
- Elmer Samuel Imes Physics Today spotlight: https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/PT.3.4042
- Jackson, Shirley Ann
- ScienceMakers, Biography of Shirley Ann Jackson: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/shirley-ann-jackson-41
- Johnson, Anthony
- ScienceMakers, Biography of Anthony Johnson: https://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/anthony-johnson
- Physics Today article on Johnson’s becoming editor of Optics Letters https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.2807505
- Johnson, Clifford V. (Clifford Victor)
- ScienceMakers, Biography of Clifford Johnson: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/clifford-johnson-41
- Mason, Nadya
- Massey, Walter
- Oral history: https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/45066
- ScienceMakers, Biography of Walter Massey: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/walter-e-massey-39
- Mickens, Ronald E.
- ScienceMakers, Biography of Ronald Mickens: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/ronald-mickens-41
- Milligan, Dolphus
- Physics Today obituary of Dolphus Milligan: https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.3128477
- Physics Today obituary of colleague Marilyn Esther Jacox which discusses Milligan https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/PT.3.2391
- Morrison, Harold (Harry) Lee
- Harry Lee Morrison Physics Today obituary: https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.1510296
- Mtingwa, Sekazi
- Neal, Homer Alfred Jr.
- Homer Alfred Neal Jr. Physics Today obituary: https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/PT.3.4076
- Peery, Benjamin
- Porter, Tyrone
- Prescod-Weinstein, Chanda
- Ramirez, Ainissa
- AIP Interview with Ainissa Ramirez: https://youtu.be/s7wxpsg8E5s
- Interview for the Center for History of Physics Newsletter: https://www.aip.org/sites/default/files/history/files/newsletter-pdf/v52n1_2020-FINAL.pdf
- Rockward, Willie
- Physics Today Q&A with Willie Rockward: https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.4.20200131a/full/
- Spight, Carl
- ScienceMakers, Biography of Carl Spight: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/carl-spight-38
- Stith, James
- Oral history: https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/33903
- ScienceMakers, Biography of James Stith: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/col-james-stith
- Stovall, Tannie
- Physics Today Letter https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.3047846
- Interview in Black Paris Profiles by Monique Wells excerpted here: http://entreetoblackparis.blogspot.com/2012/08/black-paris-profiles-tannie-stovall_2.html
- Tanner, Kandice
- Venable, Demetrius D.
- ScienceMakers, Biography of Demetrius Venable: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/demetrius-venable
- Washington, Warren
- West, James
- AIP Interview with James West: https://youtu.be/95EFhuRyAe0
- ScienceMakers, Biography of James West: http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/james-west
- Williams, Quinton