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Lucent Library of Black History
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African American Inventors
- Author Charles George
- Published by Lucent Books
This survey of African-American inventors includes some familiar names, but more whose names are less recognizable than their work. The stories of these bright and ambitious individuals are about science, technology, and individual discovery, but also about what it means - and what it has meant - to be black in the United States. Profiles of the most prominent inventors during each era of American history illustrate how blacks were viewed in society, as well as how they perceived themselves and how they functioned as a community through time.
Review:
"Currie chronicles the lives and work of a long list of African American inventors in this thoughtful book. He discusses the earliest of these "mechanics and tinkerers," and then moves to the great names: Lewis Latimer, Granville Woods, Garrett Morgan, Madam C.J. Walker, and George Washington Carver as well as those currently active."
--Book of Note 2011, Tri State Young Adult Review Group
- Published/Released: April 2010
- ISBN 13: 9781420501216
- ISBN 10: 1420501216
- DDC: 608
- Product number: 245432
- Shipping Weight: 1.00 lbs (0.45 kgs)
Price: US $34.80
- (20% Discount for Schools and Libraries in the U.S. and Canada)
