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America's Ingenuity: Richard Franklin America & the Fight to Fulfill the Promise of Patents
Published on: Apr 10, 2023 10:49 AM EDT
This film focuses on Richard F. America, one of the youngest inventors on “Baker's list,” the first repository of Black patent holders compiled by lawyer, assistant patent examiner, and civil rights activist Henry E. Baker. The documentary features an interview with America’s son, the only known living child of an inventor on Baker’s list.