Primary Source Spotlight: George Washington Carver & Tuskegee Institute
From America’s Library:
Born: About 1864 (exact date is unknown)
Died: January 5, 1943George Washington Carver was born a slave in Diamond Grove, Missouri, around 1864. He is one of the nation’s most famous agricultural scientists. He is best known for his research on peanuts and his commitment to helping poor Southern African American farmers.
Carver worked at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama for most of his adult life. In 1943, soon after Carver’s death, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made Carver’s boyhood home a national monument. It was the first national monument to honor an African American.
More stories about George Washington Carver from America’s Library
George Washington Carver: More Than A Name Library of Congress Picture This blog
George Washington Carver and Nature Study Inside Adams blog March 2, 2015
George Washington Carver image set
Mural: Salute to the Peanut Industry
Help for the hard times. Important to farmers. by George Washington Carver (1910)
George W. Carver historical newspaper coverage
Legislation related to George Washington Carver
Peanuts, Potatoes, Patents, and Plants – The Life and Times of George Washington Carver In Custodia Legis
Teach This Poem: “Notes on the Peanut” by June Jordan
Tuskegee Institute books & other texts
Select articles about Tuskegee Institute
More historical newspaper coverage of Tuskegee Institute
The Tuskegee Song” sheet music