Scientists & Inventors. National Afro-American History Kit by Brown, Pamela; Bacon, Sandra (illustrator); Picott, J. Rupert (series editor) - 1979

[No place]: [Shoouple Enterprises], 1979. First edition of this children's activity book celebrating African-American scientists and inventors, a supplement to the National Afro-American History Kit series of educational guides edited by J. Rupert Picott, who worked for years to establish Black History Month as a national observance. In 1979, Pamela Brown of Shoouple Enterprises received a federal grant to produce this activity book, based on Picott's History Kit series. Combining the words "soul" and "hope," Shoouple distributed its coloring books in schools; they were included with February meal purchases at McDonald's restaurants as well. The book highlights twelve African-American scientists and inventors: Elijah McCoy, Lewis Latimer, Garrett Morgan, Jan Matzeliger, Frederick McKinley Jones, Norbert Rillieux, Granville T. Woods, Charles Richard Drew, Ernest Just, Percy Lavon Julian, Lewis Temple, and George Washington Carver. Readers are encouraged to cut, color, and paste the portraits of these pioneers beside descriptions of their innovations, from the preservation of blood plasma to the induction telegraph system to the incandescent light bulb. OCLC locates one copy, at Howard University. A fine copy, never cut or colored. Side-stapled volume, measuring 11 x 8.25 inches: [2], 3-18, [2], including wrappers. Original black and white pictorial wrappers, black and white illustrations throughout text.