We, the faculty and staff of the Chemistry Department at Bowdoin College, affirm our belief that Black lives matter ... to challenge all forms of racial injustice, oppression, and white supremacy ...

Elmo Brady (1884-1966) was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry in the U.S. After receiving his doctoral degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1916, Brady ...