African American Inventors (Black Stars) (1998)

by Otha Richard Sullivan, James Haskins

Other authors: Walter E. Massey (Foreword)

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Profiles the lives of twenty-five African American inventors who made significant scientific contributions from the eighteenth century to modern times.

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This book is a very educational book. It describes each African American inventor with their background information and what they invented. Many children would be interested in this book because they can learn many things about people and even give them hope that maybe one day they could invent something.

I enjoyed this book, I learned a couple things about it and it would be great to have in a classroom for children to look at.

In a classroom, we could have the children split into groups and have each group be in charge of a certain African American inventors and write all information about that person. Also, we could have the children and their groups do a timeline of all the African American inventors.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Otha Richard Sullivan	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Haskins, James	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Massey, Walter E.	Foreword	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Navta Associates Inc.	Designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Olinsky, Susan	Cover designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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1998

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To my father, Benjamin Franklin Sullivan (1908 - 1983), and to my mother, Iola Estella Booth Sullivan (1908 - 1978), the two individuals who taught me the importance of education, books, history, and humility

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What makes science interesting to youngsters of all races and ethnic groups? (Foreword by Walter E. Massey)

In every century, Black discoverers and inventors have made their marks on history. (introduction)

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Profiles the lives of twenty-five African American inventors who made significant scientific contributions from the eighteenth century to modern times.

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Profiles the lives of twenty-five African American inventors who made significant scientific contributions from the eighteenth century to modern times.

Contents:
Benjamin Banneker -- Norbert Rillieux -- Banjamin Montgomery -- Elijah McCoy -- Lewis Howard Latimer -- Andrew Jackson Beard -- Jan Earnst Matzeliger -- Daniel Hale Williams -- Granville T. Woods -- George Washington Carver -- Madame C.J. Walker -- Garrett Augustus Morgan -- Ernest Everett Just -- Frederick McKinley Jones -- David Nelson Crosthwait, Jr. -- Percy Lavon Julian -- Charles Richard Drew -- Claude Harvard -- Jane Cooke Wright -- Meredith Gourdine -- Michael Croslin -- Earl D. Shaw -- John P. Moon -- George E. Carruthers -- Shirley Ann Jackson.

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