Who Invented The Light Bulb Black Man

Not a white guy named edison the claim originated from an article archived here where it was published by liberty writers africa on may 26 2019 under the title meet black man who invented the light bulb.

Who invented the light bulb black man. No a black man didn t invent the light bulb. Electric lighting company owned by hiram maxim. The light bulb itself was invented by thomas edison but the innovation used to create longer lasting light bulbs with a carbon filament came from african american inventor lewis latimer. Democratic presidential nominee joe biden falsely claimed in a september 2020 campaign appearance a black man invented the light bulb.

However latimer did not in fact invent the lightbulb. Biden claims a black man invented the light bulb not a white guy named edison by matt margolis sep 03 2020 9 32 pm est. But lewis howard latimer made it better. In 1880 after moving to bridgeport connecticut latimer was hired as the assistant manager and draftsman for u s.

Maxim was the chief rival to thomas edison the man who invented the electric light bulb. A black man invented the light bulb not a white guy named edison. Did anybody know that black wall street in oklahoma was burned to the ground biden recalled. There s so much did anybody know before what recently happened that black wall street in oklahoma was burned to.

Lewis howard latimer who improved edison s light bulb cnn on thursday presidential candidate joe biden claimed that a black man had invented the light bulb not a white guy named edison. On 3 september 2020 usa democratic presidential candidate joe biden mistakenly claimed that a black man had invented the light bulb not a white guy named edison cnn later corrected biden s error. While historians argue over whether thomas edison can claim sole credit for creating the incandescent light bulb his invention took shape in 1879 he patented it in 1880 before lewis latimer a black man came up with an improvement on the design.