Colorful History #66: Jerry Lawson and Channel F

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Students can explore untold stories of innovation, Black excellence in science and technology, and more with Colorful History #66: Jerry Lawson and Channel F.

This free comic tells the story of Jerry Lawson, a self-taught computer and electronics expert and one of the few Black computer engineers in the field in the 1970s, who invented the cartridge-based video game system.

Writer: Matt Slayter
Artist: Marcus Kwame Anderson
Letter: R Alan Brooks

Recommended for: Grades 6-10