A Place in History
Nov 01, 2021
2 minutes
by Shari Lyn Zuber
By the time Lewis H. Latimer died on December 11, 1928, in Flushing, New York, he had earned a place in history. He was one of only a few African Americans to make significant contributions to the early development of electrical technology.
Latimer began life as the son of fugitive slaves in Chelsea,
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