Black History Month - February 2005
African American Scientists and Inventors
Science in General:
African American Scientists Bibliography
The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
Black Inventors & Engineers
By Science Subjects:
Mathematicians of the African Diaspora
Physicists of the African Diaspora
Computer Scientists of the African Diaspora
Profession Index to The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
African American inventors and their inventions:
A list of inventions by African Americans by the name of the invention
A list of inventions by African Americans by the name of the inventor
Books on Display:
Several books are used in this display. Click on the titles below to find out more about them. Books marked with a * are featured in the section about three African American scientists and inventors from Ohio.
* 7 African American Scientists by Robert C. Hayden
* African Americans in Science, Math, and Invention by Ray Spangenburg
Benjamin Banneker: Surveyor, Astronomer, Publisher, Patriot by Charles A. Cerami
Also available in e-book format
Black Engineers in the United States--A Directory by James K. K. Ho
* Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation : Granville T. Woods, Lewis H. Latimer, & Shelby J. Davidson by Rayvon Fouche
Black stars : African American Women Scientists and Inventors by Otha Richard Sullivan
Distinguished African Americans in Aviation and Space Science by Betty Kaplan Gubert
Inventing Modern America : From the Microwave to the Mouse by David E. Brown
The Inventive Spirit of African Americans: Patented Ingenuity by Patricia Carter Sluby
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