Meet Granville T. Woods, the ‘Black Edison,’ Who Beat the Real Edison in Court
- Posted on April 18, 2026
- By The Wall Street Journal
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Meet Granville T. Woods, the ‘Black Edison,’ Who Beat the Real Edison in Court
In the 1880s, Granville T. Woods won patent battles to protect his inventions, including a system to allow moving trains to communicate wirelessly