Sullivan, Otha Richard

Otha Richard Sullivan, Ed.D., a former science teacher and guidance counselor, headed Detroit's program to infuse African American history into the public schools' curriculum. He is currently a professor of education and psychology and the director of the ACHIEVE Mississippi Project at Alcorn State University. Dr. Sullivan is the author of two other volumes in Wiley's Black Stars series, African American Inventors and African American Women Scientists and Inventors.

Jim Haskins, the general editor of the Black Stars series, is the author of more than one hundred books for young readers. Hi...