George Washington Carver (1864-1943)
Born a slave in Missouri and orphaned at a young age, George Washington Carver pursued a complete education, earning an M.S. in botany at Iowa Agricultural College, now Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Booker T. Washington recruited the talented Carver to teach at Tuskegee Institute, a school where African-American students could learn about agriculture and industry. In 1906, Carver expanded his offerings beyond the classroom. he outfitted trucks as movable schools and took these into the countryside to reach farmers with his ideas about the importance of diversifying production and planting vegetables, soybeans, and peanuts instead of concentrating on cotton. Carver is noted for his work with agricultural chemistry and contributed to interracial knowledge and respect through his teaching and research.
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George Washington Carver (1864-1943)