Sharing those inventions [was difficult]. There were a whole different set of strategies and experiences for black inventors [compared to] white inventors. |
That level of invention takes place in places where blacks were not hired [or enrolled]. They could not actually be ... part of a team of inventors until well after integration. |
The workers were the ones to expose the problem, experiment and come up with a solution. Sometimes it's a matter of jerry-rigging something, and it actually works so well that it becomes a model. |