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Lewis Howard Latimer

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I plan on reorganizing the article and also adding more about life other than being an inventor. I will add section for his Career other than what he did as an inventor. Under the career section I will add Activist and Poet Subsections

  • Article: Lewis Howard Latimer
    • Why did I choose it?
      • The article on wikipedia has very little about Lewis Howard Latimer. He did a lot during his life and much of it isn't covered in the article.
    • What's missing?
      • The inventor and activist side of his life. He was more than just an inventor and it leaves the article a little unbalanced
    • What do I want to add?
      • I want to add section that correspond to his work as an activist and poet. I plan on breaking them down into subcategories to go into as much detail as possible.
  • Sources
    1. Michael Judd " Lewis Latimer: African American Inventor, Poet and Activist" (1998) "OAH Magazine of History" 1998, vol. 12, pp 25-30
    2. Bayla Singer " Bridging the Two Cultures American Black Scientists and Inventors" (1991) "Journal of Black Studies" 1991. vol. 21, pp 313-324

(Start of Peer Review) Drafting of The Latimer Page

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Early Life additions to the original page

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Before Lewis was born, his mother and father, George and Rebecca, escaped from slavery in Virginia and fled to Chelsea, Massachusetts on October 4, 1842. The day they arrived in Boston, George was recognized by a former colleague of his former slave owner and was arrested a few days later, on October 20, 1842. George's trial received great notoriety , he was represented by Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison. He was eventually able to purchase his freedom and live with his family in Chelsea, Massachusetts[1]

Latimer was the fourth child.ItsHelix (talk) 16:11, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

When Latimer was 10 his mother had to split the family after the Dredd Scott case which ruled that an enslaved person who could not prove that they were freed from enslavement could not be free from slavery even if they lived in a state. This caused Lewis’s father, George Latimer, to flee for his family’s safety because he had nothing to prove he was free from enslavement. So, he fled in order to protect his family.[2]

Lewis and his brothers were sent to a farm school and his sisters were sent to stay with a family friend.[2]ItsHelix (talk) 16:11, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Lewis Latimer also spent time the time before his father left helping in his barbershop[3]ItsHelix (talk) 16:11, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

His wife Mary died in 1924.ItsHelix (talk) 16:11, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Career

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Inventions and technical work

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After the Board of Patent Control dissolved Latimer went on to work with Hammer and Schwartz until he retired in 1924.[4]ItsHelix (talk) 16:11, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

In 1884 he was invited to work with Thomas Edison. Along with the work he did with Edison he was also responsible for translating data into German and French. As well as gathering that information.[5]ItsHelix (talk) 16:11, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Poetry Additions

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Along with writing poetry he also submitted his to African-American journals[4]ItsHelix (talk) 16:11, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Artist and Activist

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Latimer played the violin and flute, as well as paint portraits and write plays.[4]ItsHelix (talk) 16:11, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Lewis Latimer also used his writing in order to petition Mayor Seth Low to restore Scottron[6] to the Brooklyn School Board.[4]ItsHelix (talk) 16:11, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

He was also an early advocate of civil rights in his era. In 1895 Lewis wrote a statement in connection with the National Conference of Colored Men about equality, security, and opportunity.[4]ItsHelix (talk) 16:19, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Teaching

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Latimer taught english and drafting courses to immigrants at the Henry Street Settlement in New York.[7]ItsHelix (talk) 16:19, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Military Additions

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even though he was no longer active military he remained patriotic. He was active in the veteran organization, Grand Army of the Republic.[5]ItsHelix (talk) 16:19, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Legacy Additions

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On May,10 1968 a school in Brooklyn, New York was rededicated to The Lewis H. Latimer School in his memory.[8]ItsHelix (talk) 16:19, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Lewis H. Latimer had two children Emma Jeannette and Louise Rebecca[9]ItsHelix (talk) 16:19, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

His career ended in 1922 because of failing eyesight.[5]ItsHelix (talk) 16:19, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

  1. ^ "Lewis Howard Latimer - Inventions, Facts & Accomplishments - Biography". www.biography.com. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  2. ^ a b Center, Smithsonian Lemelson (1999-02-01). "Innovative Lives: Lewis Latimer (1848-1928): Renaissance Man". Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  3. ^ "Lewis H. Latimer". Black History Now. 17 September 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b c d e "Lewis H. Latimer House" (PDF). Landmarks Preservation Commision. 1995.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b c George, Luvenia (1998). "Lewis Latimer: Renaissance Man". National Museum of American History – via Google Scholar.
  6. ^ Singer, Bayla (1995). Inventing a Better Life: Latimer's Technical Career, 1880-1928. United States: Queens Borough Public Library. ISBN 0-9645337-0-7.
  7. ^ Judd, Michael (1998). "Lewis Latimer: African American Inventor, Poet and Activist". Organization of American Historians. 12: 25–30 – via JSTOR.
  8. ^ Sertima, Ivan (1998). Blacks in Science. United States: Transaction Publishers. p. 236. ISBN 0-87855-941-8.
  9. ^ Bellis, Mary (11 October 2020). "Biography of Lewis Latimer, Noted Black Inventor". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 15 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Peer Review Response by ItsHelix (talk) 17:54, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

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Thank you for the feedback I was surprised that there was more to his life than helping Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell with their work.

I will definitely change the terms I used to better describe them as people and not as who they were defined as by another person. I will also add more information about the Dredd Scott case and how it affected Lewis’s father to have to flee.

Peer review by K8shep (talk) 20:49, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

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1. What does the article do well? Is there anything from your review that impressed you? Any turn of phrase that described the subject in a clear way?
Great additions here! You've got a lot of detail that will add a lot of substance to Latimer's life. He was clearly notable and I'm really glad you're working on his page.

2. What changes would you suggest the author apply to the article? Why would those changes be an improvement?
I mentioned before about using the terms slave and free. You can and should use terms like "enslaved man" or "freed from enslavement" or something like that. Using slave or free places their personhood within their state of being and not within themselves. It's just a change of terminology that people are now using. Explain the Dred Scott decision a bit better--that was unclear.

3. What's the most important thing the author could do to improve the article?
Great job! Take a look at what I said in the answer above--keep up the good work!

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