A Black man invented the light bulb, not a White guy named Edison," Biden said. "There's so much — did anybody know before what recently happened that Black Wall Street in Oklahoma was burned to ...

As far as we know, Edison did invent the light bulb, but a Black inventor named Lewis Latimer actually made it better and more accessible. Here’s how it went down. Edison’s bulb ...

It wasn’t until he received a call from Cropper in 2020 after his friend, actor and "Black Panther" actor Chadwick Boseman, died. Cropper asked Bonafilia if he’d heard of Latimer, and he had not.

Making point on overlooked Black history, Biden misses mark on the inventor of the light bulb Clear U.S. Trade Representative stated on July 20, 2025 in a social media post: ...