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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Washburne, Sophie, author.     Subjects     African American inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Inventions -- United States -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Washburne, Sophie, author.       by title:      African American inv...         MARC Display

African American inventors : overcoming challenges to change America / by Sophie Washburne. by Washburne, Sophie, author. New York, NY : Lucent Press, 2018. Subjects African American inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Inventions -- United States -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  9781534560710 (library bound book ; alk. paper) : 1534560718 (library bound book ; alk. paper) Series:  Lucent library of Black history. Description:  104 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. Contents:  A history of innovation -- Pre-Civil War Black inventors -- Mechanical experimentation and the industrial revolution -- Electric America -- Progress in the 20th century -- Changing attitudes, changing technology. Requests:  0 Summary:  Many of the products we use every day were invented by African Americans, although these inventors unfortunately have not often been given credit for their contributions. Readers will take a fascinating look at the black men and women who have helped shape the world as we know it today with their inventions. Engaging text presents a discussion of the lives of prominent black inventors, including the struggles they dealt with in the past and continue to face today. A timeline of important dates, historical and contemporary images, and informative sidebars enhance this frequently overlooked area of history.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library YA -- Nonfiction 609.2396 Wa Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 609.2396 Wa Checked In Add Copy to MyList Nanakuli Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 609.2396 Wa Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waipahu Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 609.2396 Wa Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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