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Oakland (ZennieReport.com –
Every time you see a robot moving with precision on a factory floor, every time you watch a machine adjust itself automatically, every time you witness automation working without human hands, you’re watching the legacy of a Black man who history tried to erase.
His name was Elijah McCoy, and he invented the foundation of modern robotics in 1872, decades before anyone even used the word robot. He created the first machine that could think for itself, the first device that could self-regulate and maintain its own operation without stopping. And when companies tried to copy his invention with cheap knock-offs, engineers would demand “the real McCoy,” a phrase that became part of our language while the man behind it disappeared from history books.
So how did a Black engineer born to escaped slaves become the father of automation? How did his invention lead directly to the robots assembling cars, performing surgeries, and exploring Mars today? And why don’t you know his name when you definitely know Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla?
Elijah McCoy was born on May 2nd, 1844 in Colchester, Ontario, Canada. His parents, George and Mildred McCoy, were formerly enslaved people who had escaped from Kentucky through the Underground Railroad, that secret network of safe houses that helped thousands flee bondage. George McCoy had enlisted in the British Army and was rewarded with 160 acres of farmland in Colchester after his service. This was where Elijah was born, in a small farming community where Black families who had escaped slavery tried to build new lives.
But even in Canada, freedom didn’t mean equality. Black families faced racism that made education and opportunities scarce. Yet from a very young age, Elijah showed a gift that nobody could ignore: he understood how machines worked. He would take apart tools and equipment on the family farm, study the pieces, and put them back together better than before. His parents recognized this talent, and they made a decision that would change everything.
When Elijah was just 15 years old, his parents scraped together their savings and sent him across the ocean to Edinburgh, Scotland to study mechanical engineering. Think about what that meant for a second. A formerly enslaved Black family in the mid-1800s, sending their teenage son to study at one of the most advanced engineering schools in the world. This was an extraordinary sacrifice that most families of any color couldn’t make.
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