This book is dedicated to everyone who loves history. 

             A  is for  

   Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert

 she was a 19th century author and biographer who documented slavery

in the United States

B is for 

Marie Van Brittan Brown she invented the first video home security system in 1966    

C is for 

Fanny Jackson Coppin

First female African American principal in 1869 

D is for 

Philip B. Downing 

who invented the street letter box known as the "mailbox " in 1891

E    is for

 Thomas Elkins 

who made improvements to the chamber commode by adding a mirror, book-rack and washstand

F   is for

Henry Ossian Flipper 

He was the first African American to graduate

the United States Military

Academy at West Point  in 1877

G  is for 

Dr. George Grant 

He was the first to patent

the golf tee 1899

H is for 

Solomon Harper the creator of the first electrically heated hair rollers in 1930