

The Doctors Julian and The Affair That Helped Bring Us Birth Control
Apr 23, 2025
52:05
In the summer of 1932, Anna and Percy learn that their scandalous love affair has been exposed on the front page of the most popular Black newspaper in DC. They were on their way to making history but now that the secret’s out, their futures hang in the balance.
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SOURCES
- Julian the Trailblazer by Peter Tyson
- Forgotten Genius. Nova. PBS
- "Reclaiming a Black Research Scientist's Forgotten Legacy" by Felicia R. Lee
- "DuSable Exhibit Highlights Juilan 'Power Couple'" by Robert Felton
- You can read the Washington Afro American newspaper which is still in print and holds the distinction of being one of the oldest continuously published Black newspapers in America
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