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  1. The Unsung African American Scientists of the …

    • Situated in the South, where Jim Crow segregation was in full force during the war, the rural community of Oak Ridge ballooned as the Manhattan Project production facility grew. Black workers, drawn to … See more

    J. Ernest Wilkins and Other Black Scientists

    In 1944, a 21-year-old African American mathematician named Ernest Wilkins joined the … See more

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    Advocating Peaceful Use of The Atomic Bomb

    Wilkins and Jeffries were two of 70 Manhattan Project scientists who signed a petition urging President Harry S. Truman not use the atomic bomb on Japan without first demon… See more

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    A Commitment to Science Education

    After World War II, Wilkins worked for a decade as a mathematician at the United Nuclear Corporation. Later he went on to distinguished professorships at two historically … See more

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  1. The Atomic Bomb’s First Victims Were in New Mexico

    Jul 27, 2023 · On July 16, 1945, J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project scientists detonated an atomic bomb for the first time ever at the …

     
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    Apr 23, 2010 · The Manhattan Project Beginning in 1939, some American scientists–many of them refugees of fascist regimes in Europe–advocated the development of ways to use nuclear fission for military...

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    Sep 6, 2017 · The Manhattan Project was the code name for the American-led effort to develop a functional atomic bomb during World War II. The project was started in response to fears that German...

  8. When Oppenheimer, 'Father of the Atomic Bomb,' …

    Aug 10, 2017 · As details of the horrific destruction reached the Manhattan Project scientists, many began to question what they had done.

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    May 10, 2023 · Roosevelt green‑lit the Manhattan Project in response to fears that Nazi Germany might build a bomb first.

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