Imagine Life Without African American Inventors is a beautifully illustrated children's book about inventions that has become the fabric of our everyday lives. Children will learn that some things that we may take for granted - from the components in a cell phone, streetlights, mailbox, hairbrush, potato chips, ironing board to the home security system - were created by African American men and women. As Michelle and Mr. Kentrell's class learn about these inventors, they are asked to imagine life without African Americans.