Contents: Acknowledgements; Preface, Benjamin Banneker; 18th Century Astronomer, Elijah McCoy; 'The Real McCoy', Lewis Howard Latimer; Inventor and Renaissance Man, Daniel Hale Williams; Trail Blazing Surgeon and Builder of Hospitals, Granville T. Woods; So Trains Can Talk to Trains, Charles Turner; Pioneer Entomologist, George Washington Carver; Pioneer Chemurgist, Garrett Morgan; Firefighter's Breathing Helmet, Ernest E. Just; Biology of the Cell, Louis Tompkins Wright, M.D., Frederick McKinley Jones; Truck and Rail Refrigeration, Percy L. Julian; Born to be a Chemist, Charles R. Drew; Pioneer Blood Plasma Scientist, Jane C. Wright; Mother of Chemotherapy, Leon Roddy; The Spider Man, Reatha C. King; Chemistry of the Halogen Compounds, Shirley A. Jackson; Theoretical Physicist; Index.

"...a useful volume..." - Journal of Southern History

"This is a very engaging and well-written book...with thoroughness [Jenkins] has provided insight into the imaginative and inventive minds of these gifted black scientists...with a clear and fluid literary style, the author has captured the essence of their lives without minimizing the importance of their contributions...Excellent chapter bibliographies. The author's richness of detail, entertaining style, and coherent organization of material provides a book that deserves the attention of readers of all ages and readership levels." - CHOICE

"This is a very engaging and well-written book...with thoroughness [Jenkins] has provided insight into the imaginative and inventive minds of these gifted black scientists...with a clear and fluid literary style, the author has captured the essence of their lives without minimizing the importance of their contributions...Excellent chapter bibliographies. The author's richness of detail, entertaining style, and coherent organization of material provides a book that deserves the attention of readers of all ages and readership levels." - CHOICE

"...a useful volume..." - Journal of Southern History