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This book highlights the accomplishments of many African-American inventors. Because of prejudice & discrimination, their work was often overlooked or credited to others. Among those included are Jan Matzeliger, Lewis Latimer, George Washington Carver, Percy Julian, & Garrett Morgan. An appendix lists the inventions by blacks between 1834 & 1900, along with patent numbers. Bibliography & index.Haskins, Jim is the author of 'Outward Dreams: Black Inventors and Their Inventions - James S. Haskins - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780802769930 and ISBN 0802769934.
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