InWashington was named as the first leader of the new Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, founded for the higher education of blacks. Washington attained national prominence for his Atlanta Address ofwhich attracted the attention of politicians and the public.
Carver received three patents between and Milestones: Carver Foundation at Tuskegee University. George Washington Carver devoted his life to research projects connected primarily with southern agriculture.
The products he derived from the peanut and the soybean revolutionized the economy of the South by liberating it from an excessive dependence on cotton. Carver developed crop-rotation methods for conserving nutrients in soil and discovered hundreds of new uses for crops such as the peanut, which created new markets for farmers.
He didn't just keep the best for himself; he gave it away freely for the benefit of mankind. Not only did he achieve his goal as the world's greatest agriculturist, but also he achieved the equality and respect of all. One night a band of raiders attacked his family and stole George and his mother.
Days later, George was found unharmed by neighbors and was traded back to his owners in exchange for a race horse. Because of his frailty, George was not suited for work in the fields but he did possess a great interest in plants and was very eager to learn more about them. Here on the farm is where George first fell in love with plants and Mother Nature.
He had his own little garden in the nearby woods where he would talk to the plants. He soon earned the nickname, The Plant Doctor, and was producing his own medicines right on the farm.
George's formal education started when he was twelve. He had, however, tried to get into schools in the past but was denied on the basis of race. No black school was available locally so he was forced to move. Here is where the path of his education began. He studied in a one-room schoolhouse and worked on a farm to pay for it.
He ended up, shortly after, moving with another family to Fort Scott in Kansas. Though denied admission to Highland University because of his race, Carver gained acceptance to Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, in He became well respected for his artistic talent in later days his art would be included in the spectacular World's Columbian Exposition Art Exhibit.
Carver's interests, however, lay more in science and he transferred from Simpson to Iowa Agricultural College which is now known as Iowa State University.
He distinguished himself so much that upon graduation in he was offered a position on the school's faculty, the first Black accorded the honor. Carver was allowed great freedom in working in agriculture and botany in the University's greenhouses. InCarver co-authored a series of papers on the prevention and cures for fungus diseases affecting cherry plants.
In he received his master's degree in agriculture and in discovered two funguses that would be named after him. Later that year Booker T.
Washington, founder of the Tuskegee Institute, convinced Carver to come south and serve as the school's director of agriculture. At Tuskegee, Carver developed his crop rotation method, which alternated nitrate producing legumes-such as peanuts and peas-with cotton, which depletes soil of its nutrients.
Following Carver's lead, southern farmers soon began planting peanuts one year and cotton the next. While many of the peanuts were used to feed livestock, large surpluses quickly developed.
Carver then developed different uses for the extra peanuts-from cooking oil to printers ink. When he discovered that the sweet potato and the pecan also enriched depleted soils, Carver found almost 20 uses for these crops, including synthetic rubber and material for paving highways.Testament to Union: Civil War Monuments in Washington, D.C.
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