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May 20, 2014 | History

Black Inventors, Crafting Over 200 Years of Success

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Black Inventors, Crafting Over 200 Years of Success is now available as an eBook on a number of different eReaders. Book distributors, bookstores, educational institutions and libraries are welcome to negotiate terms directly. This eBook cites inventors of color from over seventy countries and five continents.

To date, seventeen Black inventors have been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. We have cited a large number of inventors of color from throughout Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States. 

We have documented a number of inventors of color who have received the prestigious World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Gold Medal Award. We have also included many international innovators and inventors who are women of color.

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
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, Central and South America
Caribbean, Central and South American Cities and the number of Black Inventors 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 in Sports and their Trademarks
Black Innovators in the Video Game Industry
Where Does the Black Inventor Stand Today?
Global Black Inventor Research Projects, Inc.
Bibliography and Works Cited
Index

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Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Edwina DeGrant
Editor
Sandra Lewis
Graphic Design
Thomas Feaster

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