User:ItsHelix/Latimer Project

Early Life additions

 * Latimer was the fourth child.
 * When Latimer was 10 his mother had to split the family. He and his brothers were sent to a farm school and his sisters were sent to stay with a family friend.
 * Lewis Latimer also spent time the time before his father left helping in his barbershop
 * His wife Mary died in 1924.

Inventions and technical work

 * After the Board of Patent Control dissolved Latimer went on to work with Hammer and Schwartz until he retired in 1924.
 * 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.

Poetry Additions

 * Along with writing poetry he also submitted his to African-American journals

Artist and Activist

 * Latimer played the violin and flute, as well as paint portraits and write plays.
 * Lewis Latimer also used his writing in order to petition Mayor Seth Low to restore Scottron to the Brooklyn School Board.
 * 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.

Teaching

 * Latimer taught english and drafting courses to immigrants at the Henry Street Settlement in New York.

Military Additions

 * even though he was no longer active military he remained patriotic. He was active in the veteran organization, Grand Army of the Republic.

Legacy Additions

 * On May,10 1968 a school in Brooklyn, New York was rededicated to The Lewis H. Latimer School in his memory.
 * Lewis H. Latimer had two children Emma Jeannette and Louise Rebecca
 * His career ended in 1922 because of failing eyesight.