Read Lucean Arthur Headen: The Making of a Black Inventor and Entrepreneur

Lucean Arthur Headen: The Making of a Black Inventor and Entrepreneur

Jill D Snider

4.9/5 (29680 ratings)

Description:Born in Carthage, North Carolina, Lucean Arthur Headen (1879-1957) grew up amid former slave artisans. Inspired by his grandfather, a wheelwright, and great-uncle, a toolmaker, he dreamed as a child of becoming an inventor. His ambitions suffered the menace of Jim Crow and the reality of a new inventive landscape in which investment was shifting from lone inventors to the new "industrial scientists." But determined and ambitious, Headen left the South, and after toiling for a decade as a Pullman porter, risked everything to pursue his dream. He eventually earned eleven patents, most for innovative engine designs and anti-icing methods for aircraft. An equally capable entrepreneur and sportsman, Headen learned to fly in 1911, manufactured his own "Pace Setter" and "Headen Special" cars in the early 1920s, and founded the first national black auto racing association in 1924, all establishing him as an important authority on transportation technologies among African Americans. Emigrating to England in 1931, Headen also proved a successful manufacturer, operating engineering firms in Surrey that distributed his motor and other products worldwide for twenty-five years.Though Headen left few personal records, Jill D. Snider recreates the life of this extraordinary man through historical detective work in newspapers, business and trade publications, genealogical databases, and scholarly works. Mapping the social networks his family built within the Presbyterian church and other organizations (networks on which Headen often relied), she also reveals the legacy of Carthage's, and the South's, black artisans. Their story shows us that, despite our worship of personal triumph, success is often a communal as well as an individual achievement.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lucean Arthur Headen: The Making of a Black Inventor and Entrepreneur. To get started finding Lucean Arthur Headen: The Making of a Black Inventor and Entrepreneur, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 1469654350

Description: Born in Carthage, North Carolina, Lucean Arthur Headen (1879-1957) grew up amid former slave artisans. Inspired by his grandfather, a wheelwright, and great-uncle, a toolmaker, he dreamed as a child of becoming an inventor. His ambitions suffered the menace of Jim Crow and the reality of a new inventive landscape in which investment was shifting from lone inventors to the new "industrial scientists." But determined and ambitious, Headen left the South, and after toiling for a decade as a Pullman porter, risked everything to pursue his dream. He eventually earned eleven patents, most for innovative engine designs and anti-icing methods for aircraft. An equally capable entrepreneur and sportsman, Headen learned to fly in 1911, manufactured his own "Pace Setter" and "Headen Special" cars in the early 1920s, and founded the first national black auto racing association in 1924, all establishing him as an important authority on transportation technologies among African Americans. Emigrating to England in 1931, Headen also proved a successful manufacturer, operating engineering firms in Surrey that distributed his motor and other products worldwide for twenty-five years.Though Headen left few personal records, Jill D. Snider recreates the life of this extraordinary man through historical detective work in newspapers, business and trade publications, genealogical databases, and scholarly works. Mapping the social networks his family built within the Presbyterian church and other organizations (networks on which Headen often relied), she also reveals the legacy of Carthage's, and the South's, black artisans. Their story shows us that, despite our worship of personal triumph, success is often a communal as well as an individual achievement.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lucean Arthur Headen: The Making of a Black Inventor and Entrepreneur. To get started finding Lucean Arthur Headen: The Making of a Black Inventor and Entrepreneur, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Lucean Arthur Headen: The Making of a Black Inventor and Entrepreneur

Lucean Arthur Headen: The Making of a Black Inventor and Entrepreneur

More Books

Duncan Hines Cake Mix Magic

Duncan Hines Cake Mix Magic

Cake Mix Magic 2: 125 More Easy Desserts ... Good as Homemade

Cake Mix Magic 2: 125 More Easy Desserts ... Good as Homemade

Duncan Hines Complete Cake Mix Magic

Duncan Hines Complete Cake Mix Magic

Complete Cake Mix Magic: 300 Easy Desserts Good as Homemade

Complete Cake Mix Magic: 300 Easy Desserts Good as Homemade

Cake Mix Magic DUNCAN HINES Cook Book 125 Easy Desserts

Cake Mix Magic DUNCAN HINES Cook Book 125 Easy Desserts

Barres santé et carrés de rêve

Barres santé et carrés de rêve

Cake Mix Magic: 125 Easy Desserts Good As Homemade

Cake Mix Magic: 125 Easy Desserts Good As Homemade

Green Jobs for a New Economy

Green Jobs for a New Economy