Dolores Cooper Shockley (1930- )
Dolores Cooper was the first African American woman in the U.S. to earn a Ph.D. in pharmacology. She was also the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Purdue University. Cooper was born in 1930 in Clarksdale, Mississippi to a successful family of professionals. … Read MoreDolores Cooper Shockley (1930- )