What are the names of black scientists

I have a science project about culture so i picked black because I am black so I need to know some black scientist and please don't tell me George washington carver I already know him and I dont want go choose him nothing personal it's just that every else is most likely picking him

Neil Degrasse Tyson! Hes an astrophysicist and a pretty cool guy. He has had many awesome accomplishments but is currently best known for being responsible for Pluto no longer being called a planet (this is partly true, but partly not true cuz its not like he made the decision alone!) while you should never use wikipedia as a source for your research, here is a link about him to give you a general idea: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGras…

Neil DeGrasse Tyson :Astronomer

here is a wikipedia link that lists numerous African American Scientists
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Afr…

I once saw a documentary on Julian Pearcy (I think on PBS) he was a chemist who had some major discoveries, but few universities would hire him (and none treated him well), and ended working for a chemical company

Charles Drew - he pioneered the use of blood plasma. Before he did his work blood could only be stored a few days and could only be given to people of compatible blood types.

He probably saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of men in world war II and since.

Benjamin Banneker, was an 18th century astronomer, and with Pierre L'Enfant surveyed and laid out most of Washington DC