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Episode: Jerry Changed the Game: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games Forever by Don Tate and Cherise Harris
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About The Book
A Junior Library Guild SelectionMeet Jerry Lawson, the Black engineer who revolutionized the video game industry, in this engaging picture book biography perfect for fans of Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions and Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History.Before Xbox, PlayStation, or Nintendo Switch, there was a tinkerer named Jerry Lawson. As a boy, Jerry loved playing with springs, sprockets, and gadget-y things. When he grew up, Jerry became an engin...