Title:
The book of Black inventors and scientists / by M.J. Fievre ; illustrations by Kim Balacuit.
ISBN:
9781642506068
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Publication Information:
Coral Gables : Dragon Fruit, [2021]
Physical Description:
141 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Alexa Canady -- Benjamin Banneker -- Charles Drew -- Daniel Hale Williams -- Elijah McCoy -- Flemmie Pansy Kittrell -- Garrett Augustus Morgan -- George Washington Carver -- Henry Brown -- Isaac R. Johnson -- James Edward Maceo West -- Katherine Johnson -- Lewis Howard Latimer -- Marie Van Brittan Brown -- Norbert Rillieux -- Osbourn Dorsey -- Philip Emeagwali -- Q is for Queens, New York -- Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. -- Shirley Ann Jackson -- Thomas W. Stewart -- Valerie Thomas -- Pasi William Sachiti -- Madam C.J. Walker -- Betty X -- Yvonne Clark -- Zora Neale Hurston.
Summary:
Black people beyond the token names everyone knows have been accomplishing remarkable things in every discipline: arts, sciences, politics, religion, sports, and more. Meet an entire alphabet of black inventors and scientists from the person who developed the traffic signal to the woman who helped pioneer modern computing for NASA.
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OCLC Number:
on1276800445
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