While she hasn’t reached that goal, the former Midland resident and Dow chemist has achieved many firsts as a Black woman in the United States — the latest of which is to serve as president of ...

MANFRED REID, A LEADER IN THE 1960S CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. AND ELMER ALLEN, BROWN-FORMAN’S FIRST BLACK CHEMIST. IT’S TOTALLY A SURPRISE. I WAS TOLD THE COMPANY IT WAS GOING TO BE A MURAL ...