African American chemists Alice Ball, Norbert Rillieux, Marie Maynard Daly, and Percy Julius made significant contributions to chemistry and helped shape the world we know today.
I wanted to show readers some techniques I’ve learned for finding prints and photographs in the Library’s Prints & Photographs Online Catalog, as well as how to locate advertisements in the Chronicling America database.
African Americans history is full of business pioneers and the beauty product industry is no exception. From the more well-know Madam C. J. Walker to modern day mogul Rihanna.