{"product_id":"the-unwhitewashed-truth-maurice-woodson-9798264168055","title":"The UnWhitewashed Truth: We Wouldn't Have Home Computers Without Black Ingenuity","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe history of modern technology is incomplete - because it has been whitewashed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery time you turn on a computer, stream a video, or use a smartphone, you are benefiting from the genius of Black innovators whose names have been hidden or erased.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eThe UnWhitewashed Truth: We Wouldn't Have Home Computers Without Black Ingenuity, \u003c\/b\u003e historian and educator Maurice Woodson exposes the lies of traditional tech history and shines a light on the Black pioneers who made the digital age possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMark Dean - co-creator of the IBM PC.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJerry Lawson - inventor of the video game cartridge.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKatherine Johnson \u0026amp; Evelyn Boyd Granville - NASA mathematicians who powered the Space Race.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhilip Emeagwali - father of parallel computing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLisa Gelobter - architect of streaming and web animation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Henry Thompson - creator of the Lingo programming language.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd many more...\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a story of \"hidden figures.\" It is a story of central figures - innovators who changed the world despite racism, sexism, and systemic erasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you want the truth about technology - unfiltered and unwhitewashed - this book is essential reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maurice Woodson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798264168055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.13d","brand":"Maurice Woodson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997127356671,"sku":"9798264168055","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-unwhitewashed-truth-maurice-woodson-9798264168055","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}