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• George Washington Carver

  a Life

  Vella, Christina, 1952-

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  Nearly every American can cite at least one of the accomplishments of George Washington Carver. The many tributes honoring his contributions to scientific advancement and black history include a national monument bearing his name, a U.S.-minted coin…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• African American Women Scientists and Inventors

  Sullivan, Otha Richard, 1941-

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  This book offers biographical sketches of African American women of science and invention from the early years to modern times, including Patricia Bath, M.D., Miriam E. Benjamin, Ursula Burns, Alexa Canady, M.D., Jewel Plummer Cobb, Ph.D., Ellen F.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• African-American Inventors

  McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017

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  Follows the resolution and determination of innovative free and enslaved African Americans who overcame obstacles to invent creative solutions to problems in many diverse fields and explains the impact of these inventors on our world.

• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

  Kamkwamba, William, 1987- ,

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  This immensely engaging tale relates how an enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity, and a future, to his family.

• Whoosh!

  Lonnie Johnson's Super-soaking Stream of Inventions

  Barton, Chris

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  Learn all about the life of Lonnie Johnson, the innovative engineer who invented the super soaker watergun.

• Black Inventors of America

  Burt, McKinley

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  How many industries vital to America's success have been profoundly influenced by the contributions of African-Americans? Automobiles, railroads, trucking, communication, footwear, agricultural produce, and sugar refining, to name a few. Who are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Inventors

  Incredible Stories of the World's Most Ingenious Inventions

  Winston, Robert,

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  Meet the masterminds behind the greatest inventions in history with this nonfiction book for kids aged 7 to 9.

• Lewis Latimer

  Norman, Winifred Latimer

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  This book discusses the inventor's career, life, and times.

• Black Inventors

  From Africa to America : Two Million Years of Invention and Innovation

  Gibbs, C. R.

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  This book is a comprehensive 280-page study documenting the, often overlooked, contributions of people of African descent to global technology and innovation. The book traces inventive achievements from early human history in Africa through the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Inventors

  Aaseng, Nathan

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  Presents the lives and accomplishments of ten African-Americans who excelled in such fields as engineering, fire fighting, agriculture, and medicine.

• Inventors

  Rich, Mari,

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  This book provides information on African-American inventors that have added to the worlds knowledge in making the world better and safer with their inventions.

• Black Inventors

  Crafting Over 200 Years of Success

  Holmes, Keith C.

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  In 1988, Keith C. Holmes began his research on Black inventors picking up where his predecessor Henry E. Baker left off. It took him over 19 years to come to completion and publish Black Inventors. This book has three parts. The first part…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation

  Granville T. Woods, Lewis H. Latimer, and Shelby J. Davidson

  Fouché, Rayvon, 1969-

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  According to the stereotype, late-19th and early-20th-century inventors, quintessential loners and supposed geniuses, worked in splendid isolation and then unveiled their discoveries to a marvelling world. Most successful inventors of this era,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• African Americans in Science, Math, and Invention

  Spangenburg, Ray, 1939-

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  In research labs, university classrooms, NASA training facilities, and the administrative boardrooms of major institutions, African Americans have been important innovators, from early times to the present day. African Americans in Science, Math,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Real McCoy

  African-American Invention and Innovation, 1619-1930

  James, Portia P.

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  Published in conjunction with an exhibit at the Smithsonian. Surveys contributions by black inventors to agriculture, transportation, safety, industry, and other fields. Over 100 b&w photographs. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Inventors

  Latimer, Woods, Matzelinger

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  This iconographic and live action film presents the accomplishments of Afro-American inventors who were unsung heroes.

• Garrett's Gift

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  Garret's Gift tells the inspiring story of African American inventor Garrett Morgan ... teaches us that we are all born with a gift, something that's ours alone, but what is most important is that we give that gift back to the world"--Container.

• African American Inventors

  Overcoming Challenges to Change America

  Washburne, Sophie

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  Many of the products we use every day were invented by African Americans, although these inventors unfortunately have not often been given credit for their contributions. Readers will take a fascinating look at the black men and women who have…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Entrepreneurial Spirit of African American Inventors

  Sluby, Patricia Carter

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  This book not only documents the valuable contributions of African American thinkers, inventors, and entrepreneurs past and present, but also puts these achievements into context of the obstacles these innovators faced because of their race. After…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Colored Inventor

  a Record of Fifty Years, and the Negro in the Field of Invention

  Baker, Henry E. (Henry Edwin), 1859-1928

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  Henry Edwin Baker (1859-1928) was an African American author. He was born in Columbus, Mississippi. When he was 16 he was one of only three black men selected as cadet midshipmen to the US Naval Academy in Annapolis where he studied between…Read moreRead more of this annotation