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Robert J. Omohundro, an African-American physicist born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia, played a significant and often overlooked role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. As part of the Manhattan Project, Omohundro contributed to mass spectrometry and was responsible for developing devices to detect radiation emissions from atomic warheads. His inventions continued to be utilized by the International Atomic Energy Agency post-war. Omohundro's career extended to the Naval Research Laboratory, where he further advanced nuclear physics technology. Despite secrecy surrounding their contributions, the efforts of Black scientists like Omohundro, William Jacob Knox Jr., Jesse Ernest Wilkins, and Samuel Proctor Massie Jr. were crucial to the success of the Manhattan Project. #RobertJOmohundro #WWIIAtomicBomb #ManhattanProject

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