These collected books, articles, and web-based resources may be helpful in the further study of Black inventors and innovators.
General Overviews and Collections
Black Inventor Online Museum, http://blackinventor.com/.
Carson, Michael A. African-American Inventions That Changed The World: Influential Inventors and Their Revolutionary Creations. Grayson, GA: Double Infinity, 2017.
Holmes, Keith C. Black Inventors, Crafting Over 200 Years of Success. Brooklyn, NY: Global Black Inventor Research Projects, 2008.
James, Portia P. The Real McCoy: African-American Invention and Innovation, 1619–1930. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989.
Library of Congress bibliographies:
Pursell, Carroll W., ed. A Hammer in Their Hands: A Documentary History of Technology and the African-American Experience. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press 2005.
Sinclair, Bruce, ed. Technology and the African-American Experience: Needs and Opportunities for Study. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004.
Sluby, Patricia Carter. The Entrepreneurial Spirit of African American Inventors. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2011.
Sluby, Patricia Carter. The Inventive Spirit of African Americans: Patented Ingenuity. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004.
Walker, Juliet E. K., ed. Encyclopedia of African American Business History. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999.
Walker, Juliet E. K., ed. The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship, Volume 1, to 1865, 2ndedition. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
Books for Young Readers
Aaseng, Nathan. Black Inventors. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1997.
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem and Raymond Obstfeld. What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors. Somerville, MA: Candlewick, 2012.
Barton, Chris. Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2016.
Dickmann, Nancy. Lewis Latimer: The Man Behind a Better Light Bulb. North Mankato, MN: Pebble, 2020.
Haber, Louis. Black Pioneers of Science and Invention. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1970.
Hudson, Wade. Scientists, Healers, and Inventors: An Introduction for Young Readers. East Orange, NJ: Just Us Books, 2003.
Jackson, Garnet Nelson. Garrett Morgan, Inventor. Cleveland, OH: Modern Curriculum Press, 1993.
Kamkwamba, William and Bryan Mealer. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. New York, NY: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2012.
Lord, Michelle. Patricia's Vision: The Doctor Who Saved Sight. New York, NY: Sterling Children's Books, 2020.
McLaurin, Patrice. Have You Thanked an Inventor Today? Lawrenceville, GA: Digital Arts Publishing, 2016.
Sullivan, Otha Richard. African American Inventors. New York, NY: Wiley, 1998.
Towle, Wendy. The Real McCoy: The Life of an African-American Inventor. New York, NY: Scholastic, 1993. .
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Circular image above: James McLurkin set out to build his first robot when he was 15. He became a pioneer in swarm robotics.