Percy Lavon Julian, a young ... describing in a paper an approach that apparently did just that. But Julian noticed that the team’s product had the wrong melting point—too high—suggesting that ...

Just before the turn of the century, Percy Lavon Julian was born in Montgomery, Alabama. He was a bright student, but at that time the city provided no public education for black students after ...

Born the grandson of Alabama slaves during segregation in 1899 and facing a lifetime of personal and professional challenges, Percy Lavon Julian nevertheless went on to become one of the 20th ...