1- Black Fact = 1975 (April 19) – Percy Lavon Julian, a pioneer synthesizer of cortisone drugs and holder of more than 138 chemical patents, died on this date in 1975.
Born in Alabama in 1899, pioneering chemist Percy Julian was not allowed to attend high school but went on to earn his Ph.D. His research at academic and corporate institutions led to the chemical synthesis of drugs to treat glaucoma and arthritis, and although his race presented challenges at every turn, he is regarded as one of the most influential chemists in American history.
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2- Black Fact – 1978 – Network news anchor Max Robinson is the first African American to anchor network news. The network is ABC.
Born in Richmond,Va in 1939, Maxie Cleveland Robinson Jr. was an American broadcast journalist, most notably serving as co-anchor on ABC World News Tonight alongside Frank Reynolds and Peter Jennings from 1978 until 1983. Robinson is noted as the first African-American broadcast network news anchor in the United States.
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