Great Cloud of Witnesses
George Washington Carver
1864-1943
Great Cloud of Witnesses
George Washington Carver was born in Diamond, Missouri in 1864. He truly was a “diamond” of a man. He experienced hardship, obstacles, discrimination, prejudice, and violence yet demonstrated an empowering & quot; I can & quot; attitude throughout his life. Caring, kindness, determination, perseverance, courage, and other attributes permeate his inspirational legacy.
George was a scientist and inventor famous for his work with the peanut; he invented more than 300 products involving the crop, including dyes, plastics, and gasoline, but not peanut butter. Born enslaved, Carver developed an interest in botany and eventually earned a master’s degree from the Iowa State Agricultural College (now Iowa State University). He became a longtime teacher at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, an advocate for farmers, and an internationally renowned botanist who consulted for President Theodore Roosevelt and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi. When George died in 1943 around age 78, he became the first African American to have a national monument created in his honor.
George Washington Carver
1864-1943
George Washington Carver was born in Diamond, Missouri in 1864. He truly was a “diamond” of a man. He experienced hardship, obstacles, discrimination, prejudice, and violence yet demonstrated an empowering I can attitude throughout his life. Caring, kindness, determination, perseverance, courage, and other attributes permeate his inspirational legacy.
George was a scientist and inventor famous for his work with the peanut; he invented more than 300 products involving the crop, including dyes, plastics, and gasoline, but not peanut butter. Born enslaved, Carver developed an interest in botany and eventually earned a master’s degree from the Iowa State Agricultural College (now Iowa State University). He became a longtime teacher at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, an advocate for farmers, and an internationally renowned botanist who consulted for President Theodore Roosevelt and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi. When George died in 1943 around age 78, he became the first African American to have a national monument created in his honor.
His great desire in later life was simply to serve humanity, and his work, which began to help the poorest of the Black sharecroppers, paved the way for a better life for the entire South. On the importance of leaving a legacy, he famously quipped, “No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.”
George Washington Carver had a holistic approach to faith and work. He was a model of someone who was used by God in a powerful way to impact all of society. He was clearly a man of purpose and destiny for his day and time.
Taken from the National Women’s History Museum website
His great desire in later life was simply to serve humanity, and his work, which began to help the poorest of the Black sharecroppers, paved the way for a better life for the entire South. On the importance of leaving a legacy, he famously quipped, “No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.”
George Washington Carver had a holistic approach to faith and work. He was a model of someone who was used by God in a powerful way to impact all of society. He was clearly a man of purpose and destiny for his day and time.
Taken from the National Women’s History
Museum website
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The Black Youth Success Movement operates under Success4rkids, a 501c3 nonprofit based in Akron, Ohio. Although we focus on uplifting Black Youth, all youth are welcome. Imagine if all Black Youth achieved their full potential, created educational equity and led the nation in solving the reading crisis for all students.