The Real McCoy: Audio Tour with Robert Hall

Object Details

Creator

Anacostia Museum

James, Portia P.

Scope and Contents

During the audio tour of exhibition, The Real McCoy: African-American Invention and Innovation, narrator Robert Hall presents contributions made by black inventors to American technology from 1619 to 1930. Inventions and innovations by Benjamin Banneker, Elijah McCoy, Lewis Latimer, James Forten, Lewis Temple, Norbert Rillieux, Ned (slave), Benjamin Montgomery, George Washington Carver, Solomon Harper, Madame C.J. Walker, and Marjorie Joyner, among others, are highlighted. This history, challenges, and successes of patent licensing for inventions created by black inventors, including the question of patents for inventions created by slaves, are discussed.

Audio tour narration. Part of The Real McCoy: Afro-American Invention and Innovation 1619-1930 Audiovisual Materials. Undated.

Date

circa 1989

Extent

1 Sound recording (open reel, 1/4 inch)

Type

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Narration

Topic

African Americans

African American women

African American inventors

Inventors

Inventions

Technology

Technological innovations

Patents

Patent laws and legislation

Enslaved persons

Slavery

Museum exhibits

Place

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Washington (D.C.)

United States

Citation

The Real McCoy: Audio Tour with Robert Hall, Exhibition Records AV03-026, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier

ACMA.03-026, Item ACMA AV002680

General

Title transcribed from physical asset.