Second Awards Ceremony for Outstanding Black Physicists
- 1975-May-01
Program for the second Awards Ceremony for Outstanding Black Physicists, held at Howard University on May 1, 1975. The award ceremony honored Herman Branson (1914-1995), Warren E. Henry (1909-2001), and James R. Lawson (1915-1996). The event included a "Scientific Program," with lectures by Walter E. Massey (1938-), William M. Jackson (1936-), William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-), Ernest Coleman (1943-1990), James E. Young, and Warren E. Henry.
This ceremony was a part of a Day of Scientific Lectures and Seminars (DOSLAS). These events led to the founding of the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) in 1978.
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Committee for the Afro-American Physics Awards. “Second Awards Ceremony for Outstanding Black Physicists,” May 1, 1975. William A. Lester, Jr. Papers, Box 5, Folder 7. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/qqgp1ob.
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