Lewis Latimer invented lightbulb and edison the con man stole it like most white inventors in his day
They would not let black people drink out of water fountains you think they were giving them patents. Use common sense
Philip Emeagwali Father of the internet. Another brilliant Black man whos ideas were stolen and called crazy..
Happy Black History Month learn your history please...[/QUOTE]
quick google search…
“Emeagwali has made several controversial claims about his achievements that are disputed by the scientific community. His claim of being a father of the Internet, of having invented the Connection Machine, of possessing 41 patented inventions, of winning "the Nobel Prize of Computing" and of being a "doctor" and/or "professor" have been conclusively debunked with widely documented evidence”