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Leonidas Harris Berry (July 20, 1902 – December 4, 1995) was an African American & pioneer in gastroscopy & endoscopy. He served as the president of the National Medical Association from 1965-1966. After graduating from Wilberforce University (1924), moved to Chicago where he received a 2nd B.S. degree from the University of Chicago, followed by a M.D. degree from the Rush Medical College of the University. Also received a M.S. degree in Pathology from the University of Illinois Medical School (1933). Awards: Rudolph Schindler Award 1977 from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Distinguished Service Award from the National Medical Association. 1st Annual Clinical Achievement Award from the American College of Gastroenterology. Freedom Award for Public Service from the Chicago Chapter of the NAACP. Distinguished Alumni Award of Rush Medical College. #blackscientist #blackmeninmedicine #blackwomeninmedicine #blackdoctorsmatter #blackdoctors #africanamericanhistorymonth #africanamericanstudies #blackstudies #africanamericanliterature #blackgenius #blackauthorsrock #blackpowermatters #blackhistoryisworldhistory #blackpeoplematter #blacklivesmatter✊ #blacklivesmatter✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 #blackexcellence✊🏾 #blackeducationmatters #blackamericatoday #blackhistoryinthemaking #celebrateblackhistory #blackhistorymatters #blackrevolutionary #makeafricagreatagain #thegreatawakeningofafricanamericans #stateoftheculture #blackinventors #protectblackwomen #blackwomenaredope #blackauthorsmatter #blackinventorsmatters (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3riYOTH-6x/?igshid=c6t9oeasd6la

Black History Fact: Alice Ball, an African American chemist, was the first to discover a cure for Hansen's disease (leprosy). Ball was also the first African-American woman and the first African-American to receive a master's degree in chemistry from the College of Hawaii (now known as the University of Hawaii). Alice Augusta Ball was born in Seattle, Washington on July 24, 1892. She was the middle child in a family of three, with two older brothers and a younger sister. The family was comfortably middle-class. Ball tragically died at the age of 24 as a result of complications caused by breathing chlorine gas during a lab teaching accident. Because Dr. Arthur Dean, the president of the College of Hawaii, continued Ball's research without crediting her, she did not get to see the full impact of her discovery during her brief lifetime. Dean even took credit for her discovery, dubbing it the "Dean Method." Unfortunately, men were routinely given credit for women's discoveries. Dr. Harry T. Hollmann, the assistant surgeon at Kalihi Hospital who first pushed Ball to investigate chaulmoogra oil, published a paper six years after her death in 1922, finally giving Ball the credit she deserved. Despite this, Ball was largely forgotten in scientific history until recently. Former Hawaii Lieutenant Governor Mazie Hirono has also declared February 29 to be "Alice Ball Day." #365DaysOfBlackHistory #BlackHistoryFacts #AliceBall #BlackScientist #Leprosy #ShowThyselfApproved #KnowledgeIsPower #EachOneTeachOne #BLM (at Rise Up Financial Freedom Solutions LLC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR39O-rLckc/?utm_medium=tumblr

Black History Fact: Even at the age of eighteen, Katherine Johnson graduated from college. She oversaw NASA's calculations that put astronauts in orbit in the 1960s and on the moon in 1969. There was a book and film about Johnson's story that year. Johnston began teaching math and French in the late 1930s. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics hired "computers" in 1952 to perform and double-check technological calculations. Johnson was hired at Hampton's Langley Research Center. Johnson surprised her superiors with her curiosity and boldness. "The women did as instructed." “They didn't ask any questions.” A human into space was one of Johnson's tasks when NACA reformed into NASA in 1958. The following year, she remarried Navy and Army commander James A. Johnson. "The early trajectory was a parabola," Johnson said. In the beginning, they stated where they wanted the capsule to fall. 'Allow me.' Numerous awards were given to Johnson. His achievements include the NASA Lunar Orbiter Spacecraft and Operations team award in 1967 and the National Technical Association's Mathematician of the Year award in 1997. Awarded honorary degrees from SUNY Farmingdale, Capitol College in Maryland, Old Dominion, and West Virginia University. Goble fathered Joyette, Katherine, and Constance Johnson. Johnson died on Feb. 24, 2020. She was 101. A QUESTION FOR EVERYONE... WAS SCIENCE ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECTS IN SCHOOL? WHAT IS ONE FOND MEMORY YOU CAN SHARE? Please like, comment, and share this post. Sharing is caring 😁 #365DaysOfBlackHistory #BlackHistoryFacts #KatherineJohnson #BlackScientist #ShowThyselfApproved #KnowledgeIsPower #EachOneTeachOne #BLM (at Rise Up Financial Freedom Solutions LLC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRy29Vmh5IX/?utm_medium=tumblr

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On Day 5 of #BlackHistoryMonth we are honoring Mareena Robinson Snowden, PhD. She earned her bachelor’s in physics at Florida A&M University. She then became the first black woman to earn a doctorate in nuclear engineering at MIT. She went on to apply her engineering expertise to nuclear security policy, working as a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Graduate Fellow (NGFP) in the Office of Major Modernization Programs before serving in her current role as a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Much of her work focuses on arms control agreements and nuclear warhead monitoring. She also collaborates with policy makers on top secret projects. That's not too shabby for a woman whose earliest self-professed memory of science and math was fear. #BlackQueen #BlackScientist https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Mv00vAAeD/?igshid=1uigkjt2uhk5e

On Day 4 of #BlackHistoryMonth we are honoring Candice Bridge, Ph.D. Dr. Bridge, a chemist who earned her PhD at the age of 25 and was one of the first people with a forensic PhD in the country. She was also the first Black woman to teach Chemistry at Howard University and the University of Central Florida. She received an American Chemical Society Certified BS degree in chemistry at Howard University before obtaining a PhD in analytical chemistry with a focus on forensic science at UCF. She conducted post-doctoral research at the Center for Research and Educational Optics and Lasers (CREOL) at UCF and began teaching chemistry at Howard University shortly after. In 2016 Bridge secured a $324,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice to develop new forensic science techniques to aid in sexual assault investigations. Dr. Bridge is working with instrumentation currently only available to the FBI and a limited number of federal and state forensic laboratories, to investigate ways to identify rapists by means other than DNA evidence Bridge has also received a service contract with the Orlando Public Defender’s Office to develop a website that will educate prosecution and defense attorneys on the realities of forensic science analysis. Dr. Bridge has also applied for and received an In-House Award from UCF. This award provided seed money for another research idea to understand how the human body can degrade lubricants prior to forensic analysis. She worked at the U.S. Army’s Defense Forensic Science Center, formerly known as the U.S. Army Criminal Investigative Laboratory, before taking her current position at UCF as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry. Other major achievements for Bridge include: holding a Faculty Researcher position at the National Center for Forensic Science (NCFS), teaching Introduction to Forensic Science to nearly 200 undergraduate students and instructing three graduate level courses on the Forensic Analysis of Ignitable Liquids, Forensic Analysis of Explosives and Quality Assurance in Forensic Scientists. #BlackQueen #BlackScientist #STEM https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Jlvg0AXD2/?igshid=1n1ju9l60hh3i

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