african american inventors

Follows five inventors: Elijah "the real" McCoy, machinery oiling equipment; Madame C.J. Walker, hair products for black women; Granville Woods, electrical signal system for trains; Garrett Morgan, gas masks and traffic signals; and Jan Matzeliger, shoe last machinery.

Chronicles the lives and achievements of nine Afro-Americans responsible for inventions related to important aspects of modern life such as refrigeration, electric lighting, and transportation.

An exhibition tracing the creative and inventive spirit of African-American men and women.

Discusses African American inventors and their contributions, including Benjamin Bradley, Madam Walker, and George Washington Carver.

Contains profiles of the lives and achievements of ten African-American inventors from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including Garrett Morgan, the creator of the gas mask and traffic signal, Elijah McCoy, the holder of over sixty patents, and Sarah Walker, a beauty product mogul.

This book describes the life and career of Garrett Morgan, who invented a safety hood for firefighters and whose ideas led to the making of a gas mask.

Describes the lives and works of African American scientists and inventors, including Lewis Latimer, Charles Drew, and Garrett Woods.

Discusses African American inventors and their contributions, including Benjamin Bradley, Madam Walker, and George Washington Carver.

This book traces the history of African American inventors, from the 1600s when most African Americans were viewed as property to the nineteenth century when African Americans overcame prejudice to the twenty-first century which has progressed to the point where only "inventors" exist.