Presents capsule accounts of notable first achievements by African Americans, arranged in the categories "Agriculture and Everyday Life, " "Dentistry and Nursin

The intersection of race and technology: blackcreativity and the economic and social functions of the myth ofdisengenuity.

Traces the lives of fourteen black scientists and inventors who have made significant contributions in the various fields of science and industry.

Did YOU know that a camera invented by a Black astrophysicist was used during the Apollo 16 space mission to collect ultraviolet images photographed from the mo