AFRICAN AMERICAN SCIENTISTS BIBLIOGRAPHY
California Academy of Sciences

GENERAL REFERENCE

VIDEOS

WEBSITES

All materials listed as PUB or PUB JUV are available for loan to Academy Members.

BOOKS

Alika. A Weed is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver. New York: Simon and Schuster Book for Young Readers, 1988. PUB JUV S417.C3 A65

Bedini, Silvio A. The Life of Benjamin Banneker. New York: Scribner, 1972. M.P. QB36.B22 B42

Ferris, Jeri. Arctic Explorer: The Story of Matthew Henson. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1989. PUB JUV G635.H4 F47 1989.

Ferris, Jeri. What Are You Figuring Now?: A Story About Benjamin Banneker. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1988. PUB JUV QB36.B22 F47

From the Archives. Oakland, CA: African American Museum and Library, 1990. MAIN SERIALS E185.93 .C2 F76 1990.

Haber, Louis. Black Pioneers of Science and Invention. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. PUB JUV Q141.H2 1987.

Lawrence, Jacob. The Great Migration: An American Story. Washington, D.C.: Museum of Modern Art, 1993. PUB JUV E185.53 .A1 L38 1993.

Matthews, Rose Christine. Underrepresented Minorities and Women in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering: Problems and Issues for the 1990’s. Washinton DC: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 1990. EDUC Q130 .M38 1990

Oaks, Jeannie. Lost Talent: the Underparticipation of Women, Minorities and Disabled Persons in Science. Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 1990. EDUC Q130 .M37 1991

Rabitoy, Neil. Women in Science, Antiquity though the Nineteenth Century: A Biographical Dictionary With Annotated Bibliography. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1986. REFQ141. O34 1986

Sammons, Vivian O. Blacks in Science and Medicine. New York: Hemisphere Pub. Corp., 1990. REF Q141.S35 1990.

Sullivan, Richard Otha. African-American Inventors. New York: Wiley, 1998. PUB JUV T39.S98 1998.

Verheyden-Hilliard, Mary Ellen. Mathematician and Administrator, Shirley Mathis McBay. Bethesda, MD: Equity Institute, 1985. PUB JUV QA29.M38 V47 1985.

Verheyden-Hilliard, Mary Ellen. Scientist and Strategist, June Rooks. Bethesda, MD: Equity Institute, 1988. PUB JUV QC16.R49 V47 1988.

Verheyden-Hilliard, Mary Ellen. Menzel Marian. Scientist and Administrator, Antoinette Rodez Schiesler. Bethesda, MD: Equity Institute, 1985. PUB JUV QD22.S34 V47 1985.

Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. Washington, DC: National Science Foundation, 1990. MAIN Q130 .W65 1990.

VIDEOCASSETTES

Breakthrough: The Changing Face of Science in America. Boston, MA: PBS Video, 1996. (3 cassettes, 114 min each) PUB Q141.B73 1996.

From Dreams to Reality: A Tribute to Minority Inventors. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1986. PUB T39 .F76 1986.

Inventing the Future: African American Contributions to Scientific Discovery and Invention. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society, 1994. (30 min.) PUB T39 .I58 1994.

Tracing the Path: African American Contributions to Chemistry in the Life Sciences. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society, 1994. (18 min.) PUB QD21 .T72 1994.


WEBSITES

History

An African American Bibliography: Science, Medicine and Allied Fields
http://www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/USA/Afro-Amer/science_med.bib

African Americans in History
http://www.uga.edu/~iaas/History.html

African American Odyssey
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html

African American Women
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html

African-American Women Inventors
http://edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu/~rlandrum/aawomen.htm

Biographies of Minority Scientists
http://hyper.hunter.cuny.edu/JGHweb/biographies/biographies.html

Black History Month
http://www.computingcorner.com/holidays/blackhistory/black.htm

Black History Month
http://northville.lib.mi.us/blackhistory.htm

Celebrate Black History Month
http://www.thebluehighway.com/bhistory.html

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/faces.html

Museum of Afro American History
http://www.afroammuseum.org/links.htm

Strong Men & Women: Biography Directory
http://www.vapower.com/strong/Biography.html

People

Benjamin Banneker
http://web.mit.edu/invent/www/inventorsA-H/Banneker.html

Christine Darden
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/nstw/98/extra/christin.htm

David Blackwell
http://oz.berkeley.edu/users/davidbl/

Dr. Fern Y. Hunt
http://math.nist.gov/gams/mcsd/highlights/hunt.html

Engines of our Ingenuity (Percy Julian)
http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi659.htm

Ernest Just
http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/just.html

Ernest E. Just
http://www.usps.gov/kids/stompfeature45.html

Fern Y. Hunt
http://www.maa.org/summa/archive/hunt.html

George Washington Carver Jr.
http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/carver.html

Jewel Plummer Cobb
http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/cobb.html

Jewel Plummer Cobb
http://www.mbl.edu/html/WOMEN/cobb.html

Lewis Latimer
http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/latimer.html

Spotlight on Dr. Mae C. Jemison
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/judi/web/mae2.html

Ups and Downs of Research, by Patricia Cowings
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/smore/team/journals/pcowings/index.html

Who was Benjamin Banneker?
http://www.progress.org/banneker/bb.html

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