Adapted from NOVA: "Forgotten Genius". Third party materials courtesy of Cornelia Schweigler/the Moorland-Springarn Research Center, Howard University Archives and DePauw University Archives and Special Collections. ©2011, 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
Adapted from NOVA: "Forgotten Genius". Additional still photography by Percy L. Julian, Jr. Third party materials courtesy of Jim Letton, ICI Paints and Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images. ©2011, 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
Adapted from NOVA: "Forgotten Genius". Additional still photography by Percy L. Julian, Jr. Third party materials courtesy of the Historical Society of Oak Park & River Forest. ©2011, 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
Adapted from NOVA: "Forgotten Genius". Third party materials courtesy of AP Wide World Photos and Chicago Defender. ©2011, 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
Adapted from NOVA: "Forgotten Genius". Third party materials courtesy of Cornelia Schweigler/the Moorland-Springarn Research Center, Howard University Archives and DePauw University Archives and Special Collections. ©2011, 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
Adapted from NOVA: "Forgotten Genius". Additional still photography by Percy L. Julian, Jr. Third party materials courtesy of the Historical Society of Oak Park & River Forest. ©2011, 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
Adapted from NOVA: "Forgotten Genius". Additional still photography by Percy L. Julian, Jr. Third party materials courtesy of Jim Letton, ICI Paints and Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images. ©2011, 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
Adapted from NOVA: "Forgotten Genius". Third party materials courtesy of AP Wide World Photos and Chicago Defender. ©2011, 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
Photo of young Percy Julian courtesy of DePauw University, Archives & Special Collections; Photo of older Percy Julian courtesy of AP Wide World Photos.