NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES

Was a Black American inventor and businessman who forever changed dessert time by inventing the ice cream scoop. 

Was an African American businessman and chef at the White House. He was a talented ice cream maker and confectioner from Philadelphia, PA. Many people credit him with creating a modern way to make ice cream. He also developed many new and exciting flavors (vanilla, strawberry, and mint). 

Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an American professional baseball player who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. Robinson broke the color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.

Jackie Robinson served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1944 during World War II, commissioned as a second lieutenant and assigned to the segregated 761st "Black Panthers" tank battalion.

Joseph N. Jackson is an African-American innovator and inventor. As the inventor of the programmable controller for the VCR, DVR, TIVO, TV systems and holder of six patents relating to telecommunications his contributions to digital entertainment can be seen everywhere.

Also known as Stagecoach Mary, was an American mail carrier who was the first black woman to be employed as a star route postwoman in the United States. 

The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American military pilots, navigators, bombardiers, and support staff in the U.S. Army Air Forces, training at Alabama's Tuskegee University during World War II. Nicknamed "Red Tails" for their aircraft's painted markings, these ~1,000 pilots and 13,000 support personnel shattered racial barriers, flying over 15,000 sorties, earning 96 Distinguished Flying Crosses, and boasting a superior bomber protection record.