American profiles

Contains profiles of the lives and achievements of ten African-American inventors from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including Garrett Morgan, the creator of the gas mask and traffic signal, Elijah McCoy, the holder of over sixty patents, and Sarah Walker, a beauty product mogul.

Profiles eight American scientists who have made important contributions to twentieth-century science, including Thomas Hunt Morgan, Robert Oppenheimer, and Linus Pauling.

Profiles African Americans who made important contributions to science despite racial prejudice and institutional barriers to black education and achievement.

Describes the careers of eleven modern American military figures, including Colin Powell, William Westmoreland, Edward Rowny, and James Abrahamson.