What do you see when you look at Black students?
You may know about Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan, but do you know about Lewis Latimer? What about Mary Van Brittan Brown?
Latimer was a patent lawyer and inventor who made significant changes to the inner workings of the lightbulb. You can thank Van Brittan Brown for helping to make your homes safer.
When you look at the Black/African students on campus, it is important that you see potential, brilliance, genius ... and not prevailing ideologies of Black inferiority.
8 Black Inventors Who Made Daily Life Easier - HISTORY
A national leader in advancing invention education | Lemelson (mit.edu)
