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Pbs Learning Media: Synthesizing an Alkaloid
In this video segment, adapted from NOVA, learn how chemist Percy Julian revolutionized chemistry by synthesizing the alkaloid physostigmine, derived from the Calabar bean, possessing the ability to treat glaucoma. [5:17]
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Pbs Learning Media: Moving to Oak Park
This video segment, adapted from NOVA, shows the racial violence sparked when the African American chemist Percy Julian and his family moved into an exclusive Chicago suburb in 1950. [4:54]
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Pbs Learning Media: Getting an Education
This video segment, adapted from NOVA, chronicles the education of leading chemist Percy Julian. Although Julian began his elementary school years in the Deep South under Jim Crow laws, he became one of the few African Americans of his...
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Pbs Nova: Forgotten Genius: Percy Julian
The tutorial examines the chemist Percy Julian and his accomplishments. The activity includes an online video.