Profiles of 47 African American scientists, healers and inventors range from well-known historical figures such as astronomer, Benjamin Banneker, to modern day role models such as neurosurgeon, Benjamin Carson, or the first black woman Surgeon General, Jocelyn Elders. Full of fascinating detail - such as the origin of the phrase the 'real mccoy' in the invention of engineer Elijah McCoy - this is an inspiring collection.