An Electric Light Bulb Is Patented By A Black Man

Tue, 09.13.1881

An Electric Light Bulb is Patented by a Black Man

*On this date in 1881 a Black man patented an electric light bulb.

Lewis Latimer an associate of Thomas Edison received credit for his blueprint work. His patent number is #247 097.

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