| A | B |
|---|
| Daniel Hale Williams | performed the world's first successful open heart surgery |
| George Washington Carver | discovered over 300 uses for peanuts and sweet potatoes |
| Lloyd Quarterman | helped develop the atomic bomb |
| Percy Julian | researches drugs to treat glaucoma and Alzheimer's disease |
| Charles Drew | work with blood plasma led to blood banks |
| Dr. Patricia Bath | developed device used in cataract surgery |
| Benjamin Banneker | built first clock made in U.S.A. |
| Granville Woods | developed steam furnace, telephone and telegraph |
| Elijah McCoy | developed lubricating device for steam engines |
| Jan Matzeliger | created shoe lasting machine |
| Garrett Morgan | developed gas mask and stop light |
| James West | invented microphone |
| Mark Dean | developed ISA systems bus for computers |
| Jean Baptiste du Sable | founded City of Chicago |
| George Washington Bush | founded City of Centralia, Washington |
| Matthew Henson | first to set foot on North Pole |
| Guion Bluford | first Black astronaut to orbit the earth |
