The Periodic Table of Black History features 90 prominent African Americans. From activists like Frederick Douglas and Rosa Parks to actors and actresses like Chadwick Boseman and Josephine Baker.

How the first Black woman to help discover an element ‘claimed a seat at the periodic table’ By Charli Leevongcharoen , CNN 6 minute read ...

It has a similar layout to the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements, but instead, there are 90 African American history-makers."I wanted to represent our Black culture and I wanted to represent all ...

Named after its groundwork in Tennessee, the element was declared a success in 2012 and officially recognized as part of the periodic table of elements by the International Union of Pure and ...

As the first Black woman to ... the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry — the world authority on chemistry — officially recognized Element 117 as part of the periodic table, ...

Clarice Phelps is the first Black woman to help discover a new periodic table element. "Taking a seat at the periodic table didn't happen overnight, it was actually a 20-year journey," she said.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Tennessee State University graduate was the first Black female to help discover an element for the periodic table. Clarice Phelps earned a chemistry degree from Tennessee ...

A section of the periodic table. Nitrogen (red) was thought to not have allotropes with similar structures to heavier elements in its group – phosphorus, arsenic, antimony and bismuth (green ...

By Charli Leevongcharoen, CNN As a kid, Clarice Phelps often turned to one image for inspiration. While other seventh graders hung ’90s pop band and movie posters on their walls, Phelps put up a ...

Modeled after the scientific Periodic Table of Elements many of us studied in school, Dana’s variation highlights 90 African American history makers, innovators, activists and scientists, both ...