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Thomas Edison tried to take credit for a device created by a Black American inventor
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 5 months agoGranville T. Woods was a pioneering inventor with nearly 60 patents to his name.Heritage...
‘Succession’ meets ‘Downton Abbey': First book on Thomas Edison's wife hits shelves May 1
Courier News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHistory books know Thomas Edison as the American father of research and development, inventing...
Antiques: Thomas Edison, a musical pioneer
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe name Edison is well known to all of us here in the Coachella Valley. As the region's largest utility, we see their trucks, use their power, and pay...
Edison Fest parade: 50 illuminating facts about the Fort Myers tradition
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt all started in 1938. Since then, the Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade has grown into an...
On This Day, Feb. 19: Thomas Edison patents gramophone
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThomas Edison poses in his laboratory in Orange, N.J., on June 16, 1888, amidst his first gramophone...
Henry Ford gave a 1916 Model T to friend Thomas Edison. American Dream has it on display
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoIt only has a top speed of about 45 mph, but that hasn't kept Thomas Edison's 108-year-old Ford...
Is it still standing in Fort Myers? Edison and Ford estate took a hit from hurricane
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 years agoOne of the best-known landmarks and tourist spots in Fort Myers is the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford...
These Inventors Completely Changed the Course of History
Biography via Yahoo News· 12 months agoFamous inventors like Thomas Edison, Madam C.J. Walker, John Deere, and Steve Jobs developed ideas...
'Spider-verse' Miles Morales actor will honor a Black 'superhero' buried in Fall River
The Herald News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFALL RIVER — The city will give a long-overdue honor to its own Black “superhero” later this month,...
On This Day, Nov. 21: Rebecca Latimer Felton becomes first female U.S. senator
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 months agoSen. Rebecca Felton of Georgia is pictured at her desk in Washington, D.C. On October 3, 1922, Mrs....