Dr. Charles Drew

Pioneered the Use of
Blood Plasma Banking

Helping to save millions
of lives around the world

Garrett Morgan

Invented the Gas Mask

and

The Traffic Signal

Elijah McCoy

Created the Automatic
Lubricating Cup...

... and Forever Changed
the Railroad Industry

He Was The Real McCoy

Madam C.J. Walker

Developed a Hair and
Beauty Empire...

...and Became the First
Female Millionaire
in the United States

Lewis Latimer

Drafted the Patent
Application For Alexander
Graham Bell's Telephone

And Then Created the
Carbon Filament Light Bulb

Jan Matzeliger

Created the Shoe
"Lasting Machine"

Which Forever
Changed The
Shoe Industry

George Washington Carver

Developed Hundreds of Uses
For the Common Peanut

And Changed the Course
of Agriculture Forever