5 Black Inventors Whose Ideas Were Stolen By White People These 5 Black inventors had their groundbreaking inventions stolen, appropriated, or erased from history by white people and companies. Granville Woods beat Thomas Edison in court twice over the multiplex telegraph. Lewis Latimer made Edison's light bulb actually functional with his carbon filament. Ellen Eglin sold her clothes wringer patent for just $18 because she feared white women wouldn't buy from a Black inventor. Jan Matzeliger's
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5 Black Inventors Whose Ideas Were Stolen By White People These 5 Black inventors had their groundbreaking inventions stolen, appropriated, or erased from history by white people and companies. Granville Woods beat Thomas Edison in court twice over the multiplex telegraph. Lewis Latimer made Edison's light bulb actually functional with his carbon filament. Ellen Eglin sold her clothes wringer patent for just $18 because she feared white women wouldn't buy from a Black inventor. Jan Matzeliger's
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