African American Inventors: Overcoming Challenges to Change America

by Sophie Washburne

Book Overview

Many of the products we use every day were invented by African Americans, although these inventors unfortunately have not often been given credit for their contributions. Readers will take a fascinating look at the black men and women who have helped shape the world as we know it today with their inventions. Engaging text presents a discussion of the lives of prominent black inventors, including the struggles they dealt with in the past and continue...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1534560718
• ISBN13: 9781534560710
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Lucent Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10