One of those minds was J. Ernest Wilkins Jr., a Black mathematician, nuclear scientist and optics researcher. Barely past his teen years as the Manhattan Project ramped up, he quickly began ...

Dr. J. Ernest Wilkins Jr., 87, passed away Sunday, in Fountain Hills, AZ. He was born in Chicago, IL. The son of the late J. Ernest Wilkins Sr. and Lucille Beatrice ...

Carolyn Krause first became interested in learning more about J. Ernest Wilkins Jr., an African American researcher with the Manhattan Project, when she saw a small exhibit on him last year at the new ...