@article{438172,
      author = {Sluby, Patricia Carter.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/438172},
      title = {The entrepreneurial spirit of African American inventors  [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Praeger,},
      abstract = {This book not only documents the valuable contributions of  African American thinkers, inventors, and entrepreneurs  past and present, but also puts these achievements into  context of the obstacles these innovators faced because of  their race.  After patenting over 40 innovations in the  research chemistry field while working at the Glidden  Company, Dr. Percy Lavon Julian decided to establish his  own company, Julian Laboratories, Incorporated in Chicago  during the turbulent, racist climate of the 1950s. Over his  lifetime, Julian received more than 130 chemical patents.  Julian is just one of many, mostly unknown, African  American inventors and entrepreneurs.},
      recid = {438172},
      pages = {1 online resource (xii, 250 p.) :},
      address = {Santa Barbara, Calif. :},
      year = {2011},
}