Between the years of 1942 and 1944 around fifteen thousand blacks and fifty thousand whites were recruited to the Manhattan/ Hanford Project in Richland, Washington. The federal government required government contractor, DuPont, to keep the number of black construction workers on the project between […] … Read MoreAfrican Americans and the Manhattan Project, Richland, WA (1942-1945)
The African American Scientists and Technicians of the Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project, 1941-1946, was the largest scientific undertaking in the history of the United States to that point. It began with a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt in August 1939, from a number of […] … Read MoreAfrican American Scientists and Technicians of the Manhattan Project
Born in Florence, South Carolina, October 19, 1922, Benjamin Franklin Scott was an African American chemist who worked on the Manhattan Project in World War II. The son of Benny and Viola Scott, Benjamin had two older sisters, Mary and Rosa. Scott earned his Bachelor […] … Read MoreBenjamin Franklin Scott (1922-2000)
Although he was one of many scientists recruited for the Manhattan Project, which produced the atom bomb during World War II, there is a clear paucity of literature on George W. Reed Jr. Like his fellow scientists, Reed was not at liberty to discuss, with […] … Read MoreGeorge Warren Reed Jr. (1920-2015)
[…] 1968 summer Saxtons River Project participant, she studied with internationally recognized Black sculptor John Torres at Vermont Academy. Jiménez Román graduated from Manhattan’s High School for Art & Design where she published insightful short stories for Prism and majored in illustration and advertising art […] … Read MoreMiriam Jiménez Román (1951-2020)
[…] educator who became the Democratic Representative for New York’s 16th Congressional District in 2021. Bowman was born on April 1, 1976 in Manhattan, New York City to unnamed parents. He lived with his grandmother in the East River Houses Project during the week and […] … Read MoreJamaal Bowman (1976- )
Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on April 15, 1912, Jasper Brown Jeffries was an African American physicist and mathematician who worked on the Manhattan Project in World War II. The eldest child of Brown and Edna Jeffries, Jasper had three younger brothers, Carl, Hubert, and Robert. […] … Read MoreJasper Brown Jeffries (1912-1994)
Ralph Alexander Gardner, hard plastics pioneer and one of the scientists and technicians who worked on the Manhattan Project which developed the atomic bomb, was born December 3, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, son of Vivian and Clarence Gardner. Gardner developed an early love of chemistry, […] … Read MoreRalph Gardner-Chavis (1922- )
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 24, 1919, Harold Delaney was one of several African American scientists to work on the Manhattan Project in World War II. The eldest child of William and Henriette Delaney, Harold had four sisters, Mildred, Gertrude, Laura, and Ethel, and a […] … Read MoreHarold Delaney (1919-1994)
[…] 31, 1918 in Philadelphia, Lloyd Albert Quarterman, a chemist, was one of the few African American scientists and technicians to work on the Manhattan Project, the top secret effort to design and build the atomic bomb during World War II. Quarterman developed an interest in chemistry from […] … Read MoreLloyd Albert Quarterman (1918-1982)
