Black History Month — Elijah “The Real” McCoy

  Elijah “The Real” McCoy

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Video length: 0:30 minutes

A collage of archival photographs of famous African-Canadians: Anne Greenup, Mifflin Gibbs, John Ware, Esther Wellons, Elijah McCoy introduces the video.

ANNOUNCER: “Since the early beginnings of Canadian history, people of African descent have made significant contributions to the development of our great country.”

Still archival photograph of Elijah McCoy fills the screen.

ANNOUNCER: “Elijah McCoy was one of the most prolific black inventors of the 19^th Century with more than 57 inventions to his credit and from whom we get the expression, “The Real McCoy.”

Photograph of McCoy fades into a photograph of one of his revolutionary inventions and dissolves into a different portrait of Elijah McCoy.

Canada Word Mark.

ANNOUNCER: “A message from the government of Canada.”

Video fades to black