Percy Julian - Forgotten Genius

NOVA presents the remarkable life story of Percy Julian–-one of the most accomplished African-American scientists of the 20th century, and an industrialist, self-made millionaire, humanitarian and civil-rights pioneer. The grandson of Alabama slaves, he won worldwide acclaim for his research in chemistry and broke the color barrier in American science more than a decade before Jackie Robinson did so in baseball. He discovered a way to turn soybeans into synthetic steroids on an industrial scale, enabling drugs like cortisone to be widely available to millions of arthritis sufferers.

Beginnings:
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Black & White
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Alkaloids
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Rumors & Ruin
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Race For the Synthesis
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Julian Lands and Glidden
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The Soybean
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Steroids
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Oak Park
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The Miracle Drug
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Success
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Julian Laboratories
http://media.pbs.org/asxgen/general/windows/wgbh/nova/julian-3402c12-350.wmv

Julian's Legacy
http://media.pbs.org/asxgen/general/windows/wgbh/nova/julian-3402c13-350.wmv