Welcome to the People of Interest Podcast. Segregation was one of many forms of systemic racism people of color faced in the United States. However, a number of brilliant minds still shone through the barriers placed on them by white lawmakers. Percy Julian, andAfrican American researcher, persisted under a segregated society and invented the process for turning parts of plants into pharmaceuticals. Listen in if you want to find out more about Percy Julian and the difficulties he faced from discriminatory American policies on his journey to becoming one of the greatest scientists in America.

Sources:

Science Library Institute (https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/percy-lavon-julian).

People and Discoveries: Percy Julian (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bmjuli.html).

"Percy Lavon Julian: Pioneer of Medicinal Chemistry Synthesis" (https://academic.oup.com/labmed/article/41/11/688/2504925).

Forgotten Genius (https://www.pbs.org/video/nova-forgotten-genius/).

"Julian the Trailblazer" (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/julian/civil.html).

This podcast was recorded and edited by podcast producer Jamie Arpan

Music:

Title: Maple Leaf Rag (1899, Z. Brewster-Geisz version)

Author: Scott Joplin / https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Joplin/

Source: Free Music Archive / https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Joplin/Frog_Legs_Ragtime_Era_Favorites/03_-_scott_joplin_-_maple_leaf_rag/

Licence: CC0 / https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/