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The Real McCoy Was a Black Engineer
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The Real McCoy Was a Black Engineer
Mildred Goins McCoy was enslaved in Kentucky in the 1830s but eventually managed to escape in 1837 through the famous Underground Railroad. She fled to Colchester, Ontario in Canada and eventually gave birth to a son in 1844. Elijah McCoy. Early on, Elijah was a brilliant young mind. So much so that Mildred sent her son to Edinburgh, Scotland at age 15 to study mechanical engineering at the University of Edinburgh. This wasn’t a matter of hoppin…
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