OTHA RICHARD SULLIVAN, Ed.D., is a former science teacher and middle school guidance counselor. As head of Detroit's program to infuse African American history into the public school curriculum, he instructed teachers on how to incorporate African American scientific history into their classes. He is also the author of African American Inventors (Wiley). JIM HASKINS has written more than one hundred books for young readers, including African American Entrepreneurs (Wiley); his collaboration with Rosa Parks on her autobiography, Rosa Parks: My Story; and Black Eagles: African Americans in Aviation. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Washington Post Children's Book Guild Award for the body of his work, and the Coretta Scott King Book Award.

• Foreword by Georgia Williams Scaife, Ph.D. Acknowledgments.Introduction.PART ONE: THE EARLY YEARS.Ellen F. Eglin.Sara E. Goode.Miriam E. Benjamin.PART TWO: INTO THE NEW CENTURY.Madame C. J. Walker.Annie Turnbo Malone.Roger Arliner Young, Ph.D.Marjorie Stewart Joyner, Ph.D.PART THREE: MODERN TIMES.Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner and Mildred Austin Smith.Bessie Blount Griffin.Jane Cooke Wright, M.D.Evelyn Boyd Granville, Ph.D.Jewel Plummer Cobb, Ph.D.Angela D. Ferguson, M.D.Reatha Clark King, Ph.D.Betty Wright Harris, Ph.D.Patricia Bath, M.D.Valerie Thomas.Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.Alexa Canady, M.D.Sharon J. Barnes.Mae Jemison, M.D.Ursula Burns.Aprille Joy Ericsson Jackson, Ph.D.Dannellia Gladden Green, Ph.D.Chavonda J. Jacobs Young, Ph.D.Chronology.Notes.Bibliography.Picture Credits.Index.

OTHA RICHARD SULLIVAN, Ed.D., is a former science teacher and middle school guidance counselor. As head of Detroit's program to infuse African American history into the public school curriculum, he instructed teachers on how to incorporate African American scientific history into their classes. He is also the author of African American Inventors (Wiley). JIM HASKINS has written more than one hundred books for young readers, including African American Entrepreneurs (Wiley); his collaboration with Rosa Parks on her autobiography, Rosa Parks: My Story; and Black Eagles: African Americans in Aviation. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Washington Post Children's Book Guild Award for the body of his work, and the Coretta Scott King Book Award.

• Foreword by Georgia Williams Scaife, Ph.D. Acknowledgments.Introduction.PART ONE: THE EARLY YEARS.Ellen F. Eglin.Sara E. Goode.Miriam E. Benjamin.PART TWO: INTO THE NEW CENTURY.Madame C. J. Walker.Annie Turnbo Malone.Roger Arliner Young, Ph.D.Marjorie Stewart Joyner, Ph.D.PART THREE: MODERN TIMES.Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner and Mildred Austin Smith.Bessie Blount Griffin.Jane Cooke Wright, M.D.Evelyn Boyd Granville, Ph.D.Jewel Plummer Cobb, Ph.D.Angela D. Ferguson, M.D.Reatha Clark King, Ph.D.Betty Wright Harris, Ph.D.Patricia Bath, M.D.Valerie Thomas.Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.Alexa Canady, M.D.Sharon J. Barnes.Mae Jemison, M.D.Ursula Burns.Aprille Joy Ericsson Jackson, Ph.D.Dannellia Gladden Green, Ph.D.Chavonda J. Jacobs Young, Ph.D.Chronology.Notes.Bibliography.Picture Credits.Index.