It's impossible to imagine the modern world without the contributions of African Americans. This guide focuses on historical and contemporary innovations, spanning arts, culture, business, and science.
Making Black Scientists: A Call to Action by Marybeth Gasman
The Black Digital Elite: African American Leaders of the Information Revolution by John T. Barber
My Work Is That of Conservation : An Environmental Biography of George Washington Carver by Mark D. Hersey
A Hammer In Their Hands: A Documentary History of Technology and the African-American Experience by Carroll Pursell
Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound by Daphne Brooks
African American Arts: Activism, Aesthetics, and Futurity by Sharrell Luckett
The Indomitable Spirit of Edmonia Lewis: A Narrative Biography by Harry Henderson
Race and Radio: Pioneering Black Broadcasters in New Orleans by Bala James Baptiste
Looking at the Stars: Black Celebrity Journalism in the Jim Crow Era by Carrie Teresa
Before Jackie Robinson: The Transcendent Role of Black Supporting Pioneers by Gerald Gems
Toast of the Town: The Life and Times of Sunnie Wilson by Sunnie Wilson
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown
Black Gathering: Art, Ecology, Ungiven Life by Sarah Jane Cervanak
Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists are Reclaiming the World From Tweets to the Streets by Feminista Jones
Digital Black Feminism by Catherine Knight Steele
Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Survived Slavery and Became Millionaires by Shomari Wills
Madam C.J. Walker: The Making of an American Icon by Erica Ball
Lucean Arthur Headen: The making of a Black Inventor and Entrepreneur by Jill D. Snider
Building the Black Metropolis: African American Entrepreneurship in Chicago by Robert E. Weems and Jason Chambers
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