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#afrolatina I write about Panama, the past, present, and imagined future

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@Riba_Smith Quiero entender porque me estan vigilando y sigiendo seguridad cuando hago mis compras en el riba ubicado en Transístmica. Solo porque soy morena??

[JOLLYPOP2011 @jalilaclarke]

@airfrance I'm trying to get my luggage from air france cdg to air france pty but there's no response. How do I get my bag that I paid extra to check and yet didn't make it onto my flight?

[JOLLYPOP2011 @jalilaclarke]

@airfrance I'm doing everything I can to have my Luggage sent from cdg to pty. I had to pay extra to check it and it didn't make it onto my flight. I'm pregnant and it has medicine inside. I've been told it will be sent and that's not happening.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

On this day in 1848, Lewis Latimer, an inventor and patent draftsman, was born.

Although Thomas Edison is recognized as the inventor of the light bulb, Lewis Latimer played an important role in its development.

In 1881, he patented a method for making carbon filaments, allowing light bulbs to burn for hours instead of minutes. He also drafted the drawings that helped Alexander Graham Bell receive a patent for the telephone.

—Lewis Howard Latimer was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on September 4, 1848, to parents who had fled slavery. Latimer learned the art of mechanical drawing while working at a patent firm. Over the course of his career as a draftsman, Latimer worked closely with Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, in addition to designing his own inventions. He died in Flushing, Queens, New York, on December 11, 1928.

Inventor and engineer Lewis Howard Latimer was the youngest of four children born to George and Rebecca Latimer, who had escaped from slavery in Virginia six years before his birth. Captured in Boston and brought to trial as a fugitive, George Latimer was defended by abolitionists Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison. He was eventually able to purchase his freedom, with the help of a local minister, and began raising a family with Rebecca in nearby Chelsea. George disappeared shortly after the Dred Scott decision in 1857, possibly fearing a return to slavery and the South.

After his father's departure, Lewis Latimer worked to help support his mother and family. In 1864, at the age of 16, Latimer lied about his age in order to enlist in the United States Navy during the Civil War. Returning to Boston after an honorable discharge, he accepted a menial position at the Crosby and Gould patent law office. He taught himself mechanical drawing and drafting by observing the work of draftsmen at the firm. Recognizing Latimer's talent and promise, the firm partners promoted him from office boy to draftsman. In addition to assisting others, Latimer designed a number of his own inventions, including an improved railroad car bathroom and an early air conditioning unit.

Latimer's talents were well-matched to the post-Civil War period, which saw a large number of scientific and engineering breakthroughs. Latimer was directly involved with one of these inventions: the telephone. Working with Alexander Graham Bell, Latimer helped draft the patent for Bell's design of the telephone. He was also involved in the field of incandescet lighting, a particularly competitive field, working for Hiram Maxim and Thomas Edison.

Latimer's deep knowledge of both patents and electrical engineering made Latimer an indispensible partner to Edison as he promoted and defended his light bulb design. In 1890, Latimer published a book entitledIncandescent Electric Lighting: A Practical Description of the Edison System. He continued to work as a patent consultant until 1922.

Latimer married Mary Wilson in 1873, and they had two daughters together. The Latimers were active members of the Unitarian Church and Lewis Latimer was consistently involved in Civil War veterans groups, including the Grand Army of the Republic. In addition to his drafting skills, Latimer enjoyed other creative pastimes, including playing the flute and writing poetry and plays. In his spare time, he taught mechanical drawing and English to recent immigrants at the Henry Street Settlement in New York.

Lewis Howard Latimer died on December 11, 1928, in Flushing, Queens, New York. His wife, Mary, predeceased him by four years.

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[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

Actor Hill Harper announced he is running for the U.S. Senate in Michigan! If elected, he would join what is now just 3 Black U.S. senators! We need more Black representation in American politics, from Washington to every state and city! https://t.co/0S7F2fCSks

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@1000waystod1e Starting the wedding night off right I see 🤣🤣🤣

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

“Soooo you mean to tell me that someone down your ancestry line survived being chained to other human bodies for several months in the bottom of a disease-infested ship during the Middle Passage, lost their language, customs and traditions, picked up the English language as best they could while working free of charge from sunup to sundown as they watched babies sold from out of their arms and women raped by ruthless slave owners.

Took names with no last names, no birth certificates, no heritage of any kind, braved the Underground Railroad, survived the Civil War to enter into sharecropping... Learned to read and write out of sheer will and determination, faced the burning crosses of the KKK, everted their eyes at the black bodies swinging from ropes hung on trees... Fought in World Wars as soldiers to return to America as boys, marched in Birmingham, hosed in Selma, jailed in Wilmington, assassinated in Memphis, segregated in the South, ghettoed in the North, ignored in history books, stereotyped in Hollywood... and in spite of it all someone in your family line endured every era to make sure you would get here and you receive one rejection, face one obstacle, lose one friend, get overlooked, and you want to quit? How dare you entertain the very thought of quitting. People, you will never know survived from generation to generation so you could succeed. Don’t you dare let them down!

Give this to your young people who don’t know their history and want to get weak!

It is NOT in our DNA to quit!”

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

Josephine Wright is fighting to keep the land that has been in her family for more than 130 yrs! The 93-yo says developers are encroaching on her pristine land on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. This is a worthy fight! https://t.co/BsVFDZRhrL

[JOLLYPOP2011 @jalilaclarke]

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[JOLLYPOP2011 @jalilaclarke]

Where can I buy the best tea party hats ? Interview with Milliner Elisabeth about her fashionable hats and adventures in fashion, which began in Beijing

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[JOLLYPOP2011 @jalilaclarke]

If I want to move abroad where do I start? Expat Teacher and contented traveller, Janeen, talks about how she did it.

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[JOLLYPOP2011 @jalilaclarke]

Just posted a photo @ Dulces del Jardín https://t.co/e5cjbWuW7V

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A sweet friendship refreshes the soul: How to navigate to home when home is more than one place. Conversation with Shetribe Founder, Rosemary.

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