The Age of Electricity and the Unknown Story of Louis H. Latimer

Edison's great achievements would have been much less without the genius and talent of a hugely overlooked son of slaves.

(Lewis Howard Latimer, via Wikipedia)

HBO’s new period show, “The Gilded Age” had a recent episode where industrialist George Russell had a grand ceremony to light the New York Times building in Manhattan with electric lights. Hundreds of people, from working class to high society, black and white, gathered in the square to count down to the moment that …