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Granville Woods

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Profession
Inventor
Died
Jan 30, 1910
Zodiac
Taurus
Born in
Columbus OH
About
'The Black Edison' who recorded over 50 patents to his name over his long career and who strived to make a safer and better public transportation system. He was the first African American to be a mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War.
Family
His parents were freed slaves.

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