Science, Mathematics & Technology

Benjamin Banneker

Author: Myra Weatherly

"The American Revolution created heroes,...and traitors-who shaped the birth of a new nation: the United States of America "Taxation Without Representation" was a serious problem for American colonies during the Mid-1700's. Great Britain imposed harsh taxes and refused to give the colonists a voice in their own government. The colonists rebelled and declared their independence from Braitain-the war was on. Illustrated on each page with line drawings, graphic designs, photographs.

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Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation

Author: Rayvon Fouche

"In debunking some of the myths, including financial success and race pride, FouchA(c) humanizes them and examines the greater significance of their work in the context of American sociological and commercial history." -Booklist

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Black Pioneers of Science and Invention

Author: Louis Haber

Amongst the many giffted black American Scientists and inventors are Daniel Hale Williams who performed open heart surgery, Garett A. Morgan, who invented the gas mask and traffic lights, Lewis H. Latimer, a pioneer in electrical lighting. Black and white illustrations.

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Charles Drew

Author: Laura Purdie Salas

Chronicals the life of Charles Drew, the African American doctor whose works with blood and plasma led to the life saving tequniques used today.

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Garrett Augustus Morgan

Author: Mary N Oluonye

Garrett Morgan is not a familiar name to many but,he was born the son of a slave in 1877. He went on to invent the Traffic light and Gas mask Garrett Morgan died in 1963. Black and white illustrations and photographs.

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Garrett Morgan

Author: Patricia J. Murphy

Famous Inventors Series: Garrett Morgan, Inventor of the Traffic Light and Gas Mask, Contents include Looking for Work, Getting into Business, Garrett's 'Safety Hood', The Traffic Safety System, and Working For Equal Rights.

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Sisters in Science

Author: Diann Jordan

Publisher Marketing: Author Diann Jordan took a journey to find out what inspired and daunted black women in their desire to become scientists in America. Letting 18 prominent black women scientists talk for themselves, "Sisters in Science" becomes an oral history stretching across decades and disciplines and desires. From Yvonne Clark, the first black woman to be awarded a B.S. in mechanical engineering to Georgia Dunston, a microbiologist who is researching the genetic code for her race, to Shirley Jackson, whose aspiration led to the presidency of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Jordan has created a significant record of women who persevered to become firsts in many of their fields. It all began for Jordan when she was asked to give a presentation on black women scientists. She found little information and little help. After almost nine years of work, the stories of black women scientists can finally be told.

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