The museum will extend its hours as it marks it grand reopening. The Lewis Latimer House Museum has officially reopened. The New York-based museum marked its new era with a Juneteenth celebration. The ...

Lewis H. Latimer should come to mind just as quickly as Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell when thinking of inventors who left a lasting impact on society. Despite having no formal education, ...

Lewis Latimer (1848-1928), inventor and engineer, was born in Massachusetts to parents formerly held in slavery in Virginia. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1864 and upon his release, answered an ad ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Lewis Latimer, the son of fugitive slaves, invented a method for producing a longer lasting light bulb which also made lighting affordable for more people. He lived in Queens ...

Sign up to get the best of Boston, every day. You know Alexander Graham Bell. You know Thomas Edison. But chances are you don’t know Lewis Latimer, the Chelsea-born ...

Despite having no formal education, Latimer became a chief draftsman, patent expert, and inventor with seven of his own patented inventions. He made contributions to the development of innovations ...

FALL RIVER — It’s been long overdue — 95 years in fact — but Saturday saw the unveiling of a headstone and memorial for 19th century Black inventor Lewis Howard Latimer at Oak Grove Cemetery. Latimer, ...

Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Alva Edison, Hiram S. Maxim and Lewis Howard Latimer. These four men were the greatest inventors and innovators of their day. They were all born in the late 1840s, and ...

The best of New York for free. Sign up for our email to enjoy New York without spending a thing (as well as some options when you’re feeling flush). Lewis Latimer is one of the most important American ...

Lewis Latimer's life was a top African-American inventor, and the Lewis Latimer House Museum in Queens stands as a tribute to his legacy. NY1's Ruschell Boone filed the following report. A replica of ...

In a long-overdue decision, the city of Fall River will honor Lewis H. Latimer, the Black scientist who assisted Thomas Edison in inventing the lightbulb, The Herald News reported. Latimer passed away ...