Recommended Books
Books Included in the Inquiry
All Aboard! Elijah McCoy’s Steam Engine by Monica Kulling (author) and Bill Slavin (illustrators), 2013
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Gary & the Great Inventors by Akura Marshall (author) and Adriel Meka (illustrator), 2018
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Lewis Latimer: A Brilliant Inventor by Janel Rodríguez (author) and Subi Bosa (illustrator), 2023
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Sweet Dreams, Sarah byVivian Kirkfield (author) and Chris Ewald (illustrator), 2019
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The Real McCoy: The Life of an African-American Inventor by Wendy Towle (author) and Wil Clay (illustrator), 1993
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The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan: Inventor, Entrepreneur, Hero by Joan DiCicco (author) and Ebony Glenn (illustrator), 2019
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VIP: Lewis Latimer: Engineering Wizards by Denise Lewis Patrick (author) Daniel Duncan (illustrator), 2021
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What Color is My World? The lost history of African American Inventors by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld (authors) and Ben Boos and A.G. Ford (illustrators), 2012
Note: This book includes information on Lewis Latimer and Garrett Morgan
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Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton (author) and Don Tate (illustrator), 2016
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Other Books We Recommend for Students
African American Inventors: Lonnie Johnson, Frederick Mckinley Jones,, Marjorie Stewart Joyner, Elijah McCoy, and Garrett Augustus Morgan by Fred M.B. Amram, 1996
Note: This book has additional information regarding Lonnie Johnson, Elijah McCoy, and Garrett Morgan, and discusses a student, Marjorie Stewart Joyner, of one of Madam C.J. Walker’s schools.
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Bright Minds: Madam C.J. Walker: The Beauty Boss by Janel Rodríguez (author) and Subi Bosa (illustrator), 2023
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Saving the Day: Garrett Morgan's Life-Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal by Karyn Parsons (author) and R. Gregory Christie (illustrator), 2021
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Books We Recommend for Teachers
Black Investors in the Age of Segregation: Granville Woods, Lewis Latimer, and Shelby Davidson by Rayvon Fouché, 2005
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Black Pioneers of Science and Invention by Dr. Louis Haber, 1992
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