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02257aam a2200397 i 4500 001 A19E49D6180011EFA774958B4BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240522010044 008 221018s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2022002264 020 $a 1678202886 020 $a 9781678202880 035 $a (OCoLC)1348109650 040 $d IaAtL $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Nardo, Don, $e author $t Important black americans in science and invention. 245 1 $a Important Black Americans in science and invention / $c by Don Nardo. 246 3 $a Science and invention. 246 3 $a Science & invention. 264 1 $a San Diego, CA : $b ReferencePoint Press, $c [2023] 300 $a 64 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Black Americans of distinction 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-60) and index. 520 $a "In 1700s and early 1800s colleges were strictly White enclaves that did not accept Black students. Becoming successful in society at that time was extremely difficult for non-Whites. It is important to point out that most Black physicians and other scientists were not yet accepted by society in general. Anti-Black racism was still strong. Cheyney University was established in Pennsylvania. It was created by a wealthy White man who recognized that Black people were no less intelligent and talented than Whites. Only a handful of other such schools appeared--all in the North--before the Civil War (1861-1865). After that, several more sprang up and Black American scientists and inventors began making their marks on society in greater numbers"--Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20231107. 650 $a African American scientists $v Juvenile literature. $v Juvenile literature. 650 $a African American scientists. 650 $a African American inventors $v Juvenile literature. $v Juvenile literature. 650 $a African American inventors. 650 $a Scientists. 650 $a Inventors. 650 $a African Americans $v Biography. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast 830 $a Black Americans of distinction. 941 $a 1 952 $l XSPE157 $d 20240522010232.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A19E49D6180011EFA774958B4BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search