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What color is my world? : the lost history of African-American inventors
Title:
What color is my world? : the lost history of African-American inventors
Author:
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-
ISBN:
9780763645649
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2012.
Physical Description:
36 p. : col. ill. ; 26 x 28 cm.
General Note:
Includes historical facts about how African-American inventors changed the way we live on paper flaps.
Abstract:
While twins Ella and Herbie help the handyman Mr. Midal work on their new home, he tells them about such inventors as Granville Woods, Dr. Henry T. Sampson, and James West, giving them a new view of their heritage as African-Americans.