On Thursday, presidential candidate Joe Biden claimed that a Black man had invented the light bulb, not “a White guy named Edison.” Biden was at a community meeting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the site of ...

Thomas Edison (aka the “Wizard of Menlo Park”) was a phenomenal genius, no doubt about it. That’s proven by the fact that Edison has 1,093 U.S. patents in his name, established America’s first ...

In a long-overdue decision, the city of Fall River will honor Lewis H. Latimer, the Black scientist who assisted Thomas Edison in inventing the lightbulb, The Herald News reported. Latimer passed away ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FALL RIVER — It’s been long overdue — 95 years in fact — but Saturday saw the unveiling of a headstone and memorial for 19th ...

Joe Biden incorrectly claimed that a Black man invented the lightbulb. A Black man named Lewis Latimer actually improved upon the lightbulb design that was being developed by Thomas Edison. What's ...

In two recent editions of the Post have been articles about a statue of a renowned, local, African-American inventor, Lewis Latimer. In one article, Latimer “...is considered by some to be ‘the actual ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- As we celebrate Black History Month, Eyewitness News brings you the story of one of the great inventors from the turn of the 20th century. Lewis Latimer's inventions from a century ...

BIDEN: "Why in God's name don't we teach history in history classes? A Black man invented the light bulb, not a white guy named Edison." — in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Thursday. THE FACTS: Biden is ...

Lewis H. Latimer should come to mind just as quickly as Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell when thinking of inventors who left a lasting impact on society. Despite having no formal education, ...

These days, we have LED light bulbs that will last a decade. But it wasn’t so long ago that incandescent lamps were all we had, and they burned out after several months. Thomas Edison’s early light ...