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Benjamin Banneker #1181

Caption from poster:” Caption from poster:” Never abandon your vision Keep reaching to further your dreams.” Benjamin Banneker, originally Banna Ka, or Bannakay (November 9, 1731–October 9, 1806) was a free African American mathematician, astronomer, clockmaker, and publisher.”

Charles Drew M.D. #1146

Caption from poster:  Dr. Charles Richard Drew (June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950) was an African American physician and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood  storage, and applied his expert knowledge in developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II.

Elijah J. McCoy #1042

Caption from poster:  Elijah McCoy was born in Colchester in Essex County, Ontario, Canada, to George McCoy and Mildred Goins, both runaway slaves from Kentucky in the United States, who escaped on the Underground Railroad to Colchester.

George Washington Carver #1028

George Washington Carver (c. 1864 – January 5, 1943) was an African American botanist who worked in agricultural extension at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama, and who taught former slaves farming techniques for self-sufficiency.   He also experimented with peanuts and other plants, and he is widely credited for inventing hundreds of   uses for the vegetation, although he often left no formulas or procedures and his exact output is hard to ascertain.

George Washington Carver #1094

George Washington Carver (c. 1864 – January 5, 1943) was an African American botanist who worked in agricultural extension at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama, and who taught former slaves farming techniques for self-sufficiency.   He also experimented with peanuts and other plants, and he is widely credited for inventing hundreds of   uses for the vegetation, although he often left no formulas or procedures and his exact output is hard to ascertain.

Jan Matzeliger #1255

Jan Ernst Matzeliger (September 15, 1852 – August 24, 1889) was an American inventor in the shoe industry.   Matzeliger was born in Paramaribo (then Dutch Guiana, now Suriname). His father was a Dutch engineer and his mother black Surinamese. He had some interest in mechanics in his native country, but his efforts at inventing a shoe-lasting machine began in the United States.

Madame C. J. Walker #1033

“ I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there  I was promoted to the cook kitchen.  And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods  and  preparations…I have built my own factory on my own ground. "