Black inventors : crafting over 200 years of success Keith C. Holmes

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holmes, Keith C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inventors, Black--History.

Inventors, Black.

Inventions--History.

Inventions.

Inventors, Black--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

179 p. : maps ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Global Black Inventor Research Projects, c2008.

Contents:

Henry E. Baker, the father of Black inventor research

Early innovators and inventors

Role of ancient African civilizations in the development of today's inventions and technologies

Inventiveness and creativity are inherent in all races

Definition of the word invention

Africans develop their own innovations and inventions

Black inventors' ancestral links to Africa

World leaders in patents

Census classification systems used to identify Black people

What has changed from 1913 to the present?

Black inventors educated and trained globally

The increase in Black populations worldwide

Earliest documented Black inventors

Black inventors from 1769-2007

List of early Black inventors throughout the world, organized by state/country

African, Caribbean and South American countries

Pillars of American, Caribbean and South American economies

Black inventors role in economic growth

Influence of Black labor and inventions on the world

Black inventors inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame

Black inventors

pillars of industry

Black inventors at historically Black colleges and universities

Black inventors at colleges and universities in the United States

Cities in the United States with Black inventors

United States cities and the number of Black inventors researched

Native American inventors

Black women innovators and inventors

Prolific Black women innovators and inventors

Prolific African innovators and inventors

African countries with Black inventors

African cities and the number of Black inventors researched

Prolific Black inventors from Australia

Prolific Black Canadian innovators and inventors

Canadian cities and the number of Black inventors researched

Prolific Black innovators and inventors from the Caribbean and Central America

Caribbean and Central American cities and the number of Black inventor researched

Prolific Black innovators and inventors in Europe

European cities and the number of Black inventors researched

Black inventors in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom cities and the number of Black inventors researched

Design patents awarded to Black inventors

Trademarks of Black innovators and inventors

Black innovators on sports and their trademarks

Black innovators in the video game industry

Where does the Black inventor stand today?

Global Black inventor research projects, Inc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-158) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Holmes, Keith C. Black inventors.

ISBN:

9780979957307 (pbk.)

0979957303 (pbk.)

OCLC:

234711874