The Man Who Helped Invent the Telephone and Lightbulb

The Man Who Helped Invent the Telephone and Lightbulb

Born to formerly enslaved parents, Lewis Latimer drew Bell’s telephone plans and later advised Edison on inventing the light bulb.

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