african american inventors

Discusses the inventor's career, life, and times.

Brief biographical profiles of five African-American inventors: Bill Becoat, George Carruthers, Meredith Gourdine, Jesse Hoagland, and Wanda Sigur.

Stories of more than sixty African American inventors and scientists whose accomplishments have often been overlooked by historians.

Traces the lives of fourteen black scientists and inventors who have made significant contributions in the various fields of science and industry.

Profiles twenty-six female African-American scientists and inventors from throughout three hundred years of history.

Presents the lives of five African-American inventors: Jan Ernst Matzeliger, Elijah McCoy, Granville T. Woods, Madam C.J. Walker, and Garrett A. Morgan.

A biography of the African American inventor who, among other contributions, invented an inexpensive method for manufacturing carbon filaments for electric light bulbs.

Presents a comprehensive examination of Africa-American inventors and the contributions they made throughout American history and includes such figures as George Washington Carver and Garrett A. Morgan, the inventor of the three-way traffic signal.

Brief biographical profiles of five African American inventors.

Presents through text, photographs, and illustrations African-Americans who have produced inventions that made major contributions to a range of fields, often in the face of enormous obstacles and often with scant recognition.