African-American inventors
By: by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
Contributors: McKissack, Fredrick
Series: A Proud heritage
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Brookfield, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780585271156; 9781562944681
Subjects: Juvenile literature; African American inventors; African Americans; Biography; Inventors
Description: Presents stories of remarkable men and women who have produced inventions that made major contributions to a wide range of fields.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-92) and index.

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Table of contents: title: Patent history and law; title: Setting sail on a stormy sea; title: They were the first; title: Sugar and shoes; title: A better life, a better way; title: Lighting the way; title: The human dynamo; title: A stop-and-go proposition; title: The sky is the limit.