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Author:
Fièvre, M. J. (Michèle-Jessica), author.
Title:
The book of Black inventors and scientists / by M.J. Fievre ; illustrations by Kim Balacuit.
Publisher:
Dragon Fruit,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
141 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Scientists, Black--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Inventors, Black--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American scientists--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American inventors--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Inventors--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Scientists--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Other Authors:
Balacuit, Kim, illustrator.
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.
ISBN:
1642506060
9781642506068
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1276800445
LCCN:
2021934939
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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