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Dr. Patricia was an ophthalmologist and research scientist. She was an innovative researcher and advocate for blindness prevention, treatment, and cure. She invented a new device and technique for cataract surgery known as Laserphaco.

George Carruthers was a physicist, engineer, and space scientist. He designed the ultraviolet camera/Spectograph which was used by NASA in the 1972 Apollo 16 flight.

George carver was a botanist who developed techniques to improve soils depleted by repeated planting of cotton. He promoted the growing of other crops such as peanuts and potatoes and developed 105 food recipes using peanuts.

Dr. Corbett is a viral immunologist and a professor at Harvard. She uses her viral immunology expertise to propel novel vaccine development for pandemic preparedness, including mRNA-1273, a leading vaccine against SARS-CoV-2.

Mae Jemison is a phycisist and astronaut. She is the first black woman to travel to space.

Percy Julian was a steroid chemist and entrepreneur. He ingeniously figured out how to synthesize important medicinal compounds from abundant plant sources, making them more affordable to mass-produce.

Katherine Johnson was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. She was known as a "human computer" due to her skills.

Lewis Howard was an inventor and a patent draftsman. He is best known for his contributions to the patenting of the light bulb and the telephone. His inventions included an evaporative air conditioner, an improved process for manufacturing carbon filaments for light bulbs, and an improved toilet system for railroad cars.

Garrett Augustus was an inventor, businessman and community leader. His most notable inventions were a three-position traffic signal and a smoke hood (a predecessor to the gas mask).

Granville Woods was an inventor who held more than 50 patents in the U.S. He was the first African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. One of his notable inventions was a device he called the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph.