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- African American Physicists in the 1960s (.html)
- Discussion Questions (.pdf)
- Discussion Questions Answer Key (.pdf)
- Branson and Stovall Bios and Backgrounds (.pdf)
- Branson Article: The Negro In Physics (.pdf)
- Stovall Article: A Reply to Branson (.pdf)
- Original Documents (.zip)
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Physicists Herman Branson and Tannie Stovall provide young scholars with two very different perceptions of the status of African American physicists in the 1960s. After reading and comparing the bios of these two men, class members read an article by Branson about African Americans in physics and then Stovall's response to that article.
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- Assign groups different historically black colleges and universities and have students investigate the school's course offerings in the sciences and the percentage of minority enrollment, and then report their findings to the class
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