# @violadavis on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DTuNg6sjic6
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/53935649-violadavis-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/62658b6fa2.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-01-20T06:16:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Viola Davis (@violadavis) — https://gondola.cc/violadavis

## Caption

Brilliant piece of history 📚
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Lewis Latimer turned invention into infrastructure. Patents, carbon filaments, mass use. The credit went elsewhere. That part is also American design #fyp #ashleytheebarroness #blackhistory365 #blackexcellence #americanhistory
🔁ashleytheebarroness

## Stats

- **Views:** 67,665
- **Likes:** 13,796
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- **Comments:** 326

## Tags

blackexcellence, ashleytheebarroness, blackhistory365, americanhistory, fyp

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