Just before the turn of the century, Percy Lavon Julian was born in Montgomery ... by Upjohn Company since 1961). In 1951, Julian and his family moved to Oak Park, Illinois, becoming the first ...

Percy Lavon Julian, a young, Black scientist working in Jim Crow America, gained international recognition after beating chemists at the University of Oxford in the race to synthesize the alkaloid ...

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 ...