Summary
Profiles sixteen high-achieving African Americans, including magician Richard Potter, concert singer Sissieretta Jones, and architect Paul R. Williams. Full description
- Venture Smith, prince
- James Forten, entrepreneur
- Richard Potter, magician
- James McCune Smith, physician
- Mary Bowser, spy
- Allen Allensworth, town founder
- Clara Brown, pioneer
- Sissieretta Jones, concert singer
- Maggie Lena Walker, bank founder
- Charlie Wiggins, race car driver
- Eugene Bullard, combat pilot
- Oscar Micheaux, filmmaker
- Jackie Ormes, cartoonist
- Sadie Tanner, Mossell Alexander, economist & attorney
- Paul R. Williams, architect
- Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson, mathematician.