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- 19th Century African-American Inventors - Short articles on black inventors from Suite101.com.
www.suite101.com/article.cfm/african_american_history/61415
- African American Inventors - Links to biographies of nine black inventors.
www.inventorsmuseum.com/africanam.htm
- African-American Inventors - Student-friendly articles and photos of famous black inventors and scientists.
www.african-american-inventors.com
- Blacks in Technology, Past and Present - Profiles of seven African American inventors.
www.users.fast.net/~blc/xlhome2.htm
- Elias Howe - Credited with inventing the first practical sewing machine. This biography is from Scientific American Online.
www.history.rochester.edu/Scientific_American/mystery/howe.htm
- Encarta: African American Inventors - Highlights a few of the remarkable African American men and women who changed the way people live their lives.
encarta.msn.com/list/AfricanAmericanInventors.asp
- Fudge and the Funnies on Elias Howe - Detailed biography of Elias Howe, inventor of the first practical sewing machine.
www.fudgefunnies.com/howe.htm#TOP
- Great and Famous Inventors - Elementary school students introduce some of the men and women whose creations changed the 20th century.
library.thinkquest.org/J001490
- Innovative Lives - Short profiles of men and women who are changing life today. From the Smithsonian.
www.si.edu/lemelson/centerpieces/ilives/index.html
- Inventions by African (Black) Americans - Inventors, their inventions, date, and patent numbers, for the time period of 1871-1960.
www.triadntr.net/~rdavis/invent.htm
- Inventors Online Museum: Sambo Jackson - Short article introduces the African-American confectioner who invented ice cream.
www.inventorsmuseum.com/icecream.htm
- Microchip Co-inventor Learned Basics in Iowa - An article about Robert Noyce, co-inventor, with Jack Kilby, of the integrated circuit.
www.gazetteonline.com/special/impact/imp043.htm
- Partial List of African American Inventors - From an unknown source, a list of African Americans, their inventions and their patent dates.
www.ai.mit.edu/~isbell/HFh/black/events_and_people/009.aa_inventions
- The Invention Dimension: Inventor of the Week Archives - Browsable and searchable collection of short, yet scholarly biographies geared toward students.
web.mit.edu/invent/www/archive.html
- The Magnificent Safety Pin - Walter Hunt is credited with inventing this, at least in modern times.
www.sjmv.org/Campus/Class/scinventors/safetypin/SafetyPin.html
- Walter Hunt: Inventor of the Safety Pin - Read about Walter Hunt who invented lots of things, including the safety pin.
inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blhunt_pin.htm?once=true&
- Historical Inventors: A To Z - Resource to research famous inventors, including timelines and sections on women, African American, Native American, Chinese and Hispanic groups.
inventors.about.com/science/inventors/cs/famousinventors/index.htm
- National Inventors Hall of Fame - Celebrates inventors, and has indexes of inventors with brief biographies, and an index of inventions so you can find out who is credited with which invention.
www.invent.org/book/index.html
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