Whoever wrote this review did not read the book. The Black Inventor's piece is a 3 page article with a 5 page list of Black Inventors and a full page on a post 1990 inventor.

Thanks for the review on the section you read.

The work, Black People And Their Place In World History by Dr. Leroy Vaughn is an overview of Black history from ancient times to the mid-late 20th Century done by a doctor with 40 years of Black History research.

The entire book's text is available on line for review at:

http://www.computerhealth.org/ebook/ancient.htm

The book's section on Black Inventors is posted http://www.computerhealth.org/ebook/statue.htm

and the short list of Black Inventors is posted
http://www.computerhealth.org/ebook/blackinventorslist.htm

The section on 5 Black Presidents is posted
http://www.computerhealth.org/ebook/5blkpres.htm

As a Black inventor (U.S. Patent No. 5,188,321) in modern times, it's difficult getting any press or financing, and Dr. Vaughn wrote about what he could verify.

His short chapter on Black Inventors has more information in it than all of what I read on the subject. Rather than whine about the plight of Black Inventors, he wrote what he could verify and moved on to the next subject. Subsequent works will provide more detail.

I went to the U.S. Patent office on line and did searches for.

"Black Inventions": http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ahrpa/opa/kids/ponder/ponder7.htm

"Black Inventors" - Silent Heros mentions a book about 10 Black inventors:
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ahrpa/opa/ptotoday/feb2001.pdf

Even the Internation Museum of Black Inventors has only 11 inventors on line. http://www.blackinventionsmuseum.org/about.html

If you have any names to add to the list, please email me at nayer@compurest.com. Upon verification, it would be a pleasure to expand the list.

In the meantime, enjoy the book. It's an eye opening experience.

Blessings to you and your crew.