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LUCENT LIB BLACK HIST: AFRICAN AMERICAN INVENTORS

African American History

History

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B2B & B2C

<P>In this book, 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.</P>

Lucent Library of Black History: African American Inventors: Overcoming Challenges to Change America

Lucent Library of Black History

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Front Cover.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Foreword.
1: Setting the Scene: A Timeline.
2: Introduction: A History of Innovation.
3: Pre-Civil War Black Inventors.
4: Mechanical Experimentation and the Industrial Revolution.
5: Electric America.
6: Progress in the 20th Century.
7: Changing Attitudes, Changing Technology.
Notes.
For More Information.
Index.
Picture Credits.
About the Author.

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Lucent Library of Black History: African American Inventors: Overcoming Challenges to Change America