Percy Lavon Julian was fascinated by plants from an early age; he became America’s soybean expert. Grandson of slaves who became only second black elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Today’s Google Doodle honors what would have been the 115th birthday of Percy Lavon Julian, a pioneering chemist who overcame the obstacles of segregation to ascend to international notoriety.

Today's Google Doodle commemorates the 115th birthday of Percy Lavon Julian, an American scientist whose laboratory breakthroughs made him one of the most notable chemists of the 20th century.

Just before the turn of the century, Percy Lavon Julian was born in Montgomery, Alabama. He was a bright student, but at that time the city provided no public education for black students after ...

Born the grandson of Alabama slaves, and growing up during segregation, Percy Lavon Julian faced a lifetime of personal and professional challenges. He nevertheless went on to become one of the ...

Percy Lavon Julian, a young ... describing in a paper an approach that apparently did just that. But Julian noticed that the team’s product had the wrong melting point—too high—suggesting that ...

The family home of Percy Lavon Julian sits on a corner lot in the Oak Park suburb of Chicago. Julian was already a renowned organic chemist when he bought the two-story stone house in 1950.

Percy Lavon Julian ... of an historic marker about Julian's life near Holt Street Baptist Church. "Percy Julian is not just a name, the name placed on a high school in Montgomery," Bailey said.