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Alcorn, George
Read about the physicist who invented the X-ray spectrometer.http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/alcorn.html
@Banneker, Benjamin
Known for helping to plan Washington, D.C./directory/Science-and-Nature/Machines/Inventions/Inventors/Banneker--Benjamin
Bath, Patricia
Read a biography of this African-American woman doctor who invented the Laserphaco Probe, a laser tool that vaporizes eye cataracts.http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/bath.html
@Bluford, Guion
First African American astronaut./directory/Science-and-Nature/Astronomy-and-Space/Human-Spaceflight/Astronauts/B...
Boykin, Otis
Read a student report about this African-American inventor.http://www.millville.org/lakeside/afamsci/gregk.html
@Carruthers, George
Inventor and rocket scientist./directory/Science-and-Nature/Physical-Sciences/Physics/Physicists/Carruthers--G...
@Carver, George Washington
Created many new products from soybeans and peanuts./directory/Science-and-Nature/Machines/Inventions/Inventors/Carver--George-Washi...
@Coleman, Bessie
First African American woman to earn an international pilot's license./directory/Science-and-Nature/Machines/Airplanes-and-Flying/History-of-Flight/Bi...
Easley, Annie
Read about this African-American woman computer scientist.http://www.onmy.com/haynie/annie_easley.htm
@Forten, James
Abolitionist, business owner, and inventor of a new sail./directory/Around-the-World/Countries/United-States/History/Slavery/Slaves-and-A...
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