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Scientists, Astronomers, Astronauts
- Black Lives in Astronomy: A Resource GuideCompiled by Andrew Fraknoi (Fromm Institute, University of San Francisco)
July 2020
Contributions of African American Scientists to the Fields of Science, Medicine, and Inventions by ISBN: 9781634836364Publication Date: 2015-01-01
- Women in Astronomy: An Introductory Resource GuideFrom Andrew Fraknoi, Fromm Institute, University of San Francisco, April 2019
- Hispanic & Latino ScientistsResource list from Wikipedia
- List of Hispanic astronautsLlst of persons from Spanish-speaking countries or of Hispanic descent who have travelled into space from Wikipedia
- Celebrating scientists with disabilitiesFrom the Royal Society
Additional Resources
- Black in AstroCelebrating and amplifying the Black experience in space-related fields
- Why Our Disabilities Make Us Better Scientists despite the Odds against UsArticle from Scintific American, 2019.
- Why the Universe Needs More Black and Latino AstronomersFrom Smithsonian Magazine, 2016.
- The Virus Moved Female Faculty to the Brink. Will Universities Help?From the New York Times, Oct. 2020