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Tells of 10 black inventors, the problems they overcame, and the often slow, frustrating road to ingenious achievement. This work profiles 10 African American inventors, including Lewis Temple, Elijah McCoy & Sarah Breedlove Walker, & tells how they were denied recognition for their achievem...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aaseng, Nathan.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Facts on File, 1997.
Series:American profiles (Facts on File, Inc.)
Subjects:
African American inventors > Biography.
Inventions.
Technological innovations.
African American inventors > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Inventions > Juvenile literature.
Technological innovations > Juvenile literature.
Biography.
Juvenile works
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Table of Contents:
  • Lewis Temple (1800-1854)
  • Norbert Rillieux (1806-1894)
  • Elijah McCoy (1844-1928)
  • Lewis Latimer (1848-1928)
  • Jan Matzeliger (1852-1889)
  • Grancille Woods (1856-1910)
  • Sarah Breedlove McWilliams Walker (1867-1919)
  • Garrett Morgan (1877-1963)
  • Frederick Jones (1892-1961)
  • Percy Julian (1899-1975).

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