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Excellence and power in the Black physics community

#BlackInPhysics Week aimed to build community among physicists by celebrating, supporting and increasing the visibility of Black physicists. The week accomplished all of this, and more.

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Fig. 1: #BlackInPhysics week organizers.

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Brown, C.D., Gonzales, E. Excellence and power in the Black physics community. Nat. Phys. 17, 3–4 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-01140-9

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