Celebrating Black physicists
Two of the co-organizers of #BlackInPhysics week, Ashley Walker and Xandria Quichocho, talk about their journeys into physics and some of the barriers they've faced
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Two of the co-organizers of #BlackInPhysics week, Ashley Walker and Xandria Quichocho, talk about their journeys into physics and some of the barriers they've faced
Read article: Celebrating Black physicists
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