On March 5, 1770, Attucks and other Patriots (Colonists who were against British rule) fought with the Red Coats (British soldiers) at Dock Square in Boston in an unofficial skirmish. On April 11, 1947, Robinson played his first major league baseball game (he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers in an exhibition game against the New York Yankees)
But now ask yourself this: What if you knew that a bad blight was going to kill all the potatoes in your country for the next three years? (A blight is a condition that kills plants.) Would you still hope to get the same answers to the questions? No! You would want the people of your country to grow something other than potatoes so that they would not starve to death. Something needed to be done! George Washington Carver knew that the farmers in the South had to grow something else or the farmers were going to lose everything
Who Invented Peanut Butter?
As a crop peanuts emigrated from South America to Africa by early explorers and then traveled by trade into Spain who then traded the product to the American colonies
His work played a significant and pivotal role in the revival of the agricultural economy in the late 19th century and the early half of the 20th century. He is revered as one of the greatest inventors of the 20th century, who advised distinguished personalities including President Theodore Roosevelt, Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi, President John Calvin Coolidge, Jr
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Chemurgy is the use of farm products, specifically plant carbohydrates, as feed stocks for the industrial production of plastics, paints gasohol, as well as other products. Carver not only drafted the plans for the wagons but also selected the equipment, drew instructional charts and suggested lecture topics to be delivered at each visit
Among his many famous achievements at Tuskegee were these: He taught his students and other agriculture experts the practice of rotating crops, to ensure that fields didn't wear out their nutrient potential. He later transferred to Iowa Agricultural College (now known as Iowa State University), where he made such an impression on his instructors that they offered a position right after he graduated
The area of Carver's childhood near Diamond Grove, Missouri has been preserved as a park, with a bust of the agricultural researcher, instructor, and chemical investigator. Flour, the basic ingredient in one of the fou r basic food groups, is also amalgamated from the sweet potato, not to mention other products, such as glue and starch
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He taught classes and operated the only all-black agricultural experiment station, but he proved inept at administration, provoking frequent clashes with the principal. With his warm personality he cultivated close personal relationships with dozens of young whites, opening their eyes to racial injustice, and continued to serve as a mentor and father figure to black students
Groups such as the Commission on Interracial Cooperation and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People highlighted his abilities in their fight against racism. The department was prepared for Carver to become a full-time faculty member, but in 1896 he received an offer that would change the course of his life and the history of Alabama.In 1881 African American educator and author Booker T
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He would eventually become the first black student and the first black faculty member at what is now Iowa State University and went on to become a well-respected botanist. It's all the more impressive considering Carver's squeaky and unimposing voice.) When he was done with his presentation, onlookers broke out into applause
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George working in his lab In addition to his work with peanuts, Carver invented products that could be made from other important crops such as the soybean and sweet potato
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Bridgeforth openly criticized Carver to Washington and the latter appeared to often take Bridgeforth's side and repeated his criticisms to Carver, who found the dispute distasteful. Washington was a pragmatist always in a hurry to get things done; Carver was a dreamer who only wanted freedom to tinker in his laboratory, experiment with plants or, if the spirit moved him, pick up a brush and paint
FEDERER is a nationally known speaker, best-selling author, and president of Amerisearch, Inc., a publishing company dedicated to researching America's noble heritage. Explaining the many products derived from the peanut, including milk, mock beef and mock chicken, George Washington Carver stated: "If you go to the first chapter of Genesis, we can interpret very clearly, I think, what God intended when he said 'Behold, I have given you every herb that bears seed
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He spent most of his career teaching and conducting research at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (now Tuskegee University) in Tuskegee, Alabama. Wallace: Discoverer of evolution by natural selection Aristarchus: First to say that Earth orbits the sun Jane Marcet: Inspirational chemistry Pythagoras: The first rigorous mathematics Alessandro Volta: Electrical pioneer
He homesteaded a farm in Kansas, worked a ranch in New Mexico, and worked for the railroads, always saving money and looking for a college that would accept him. From his work at Tuskegee, Carver developed approximately 300 products made from peanuts; these included: flour, paste, insulation, paper, wall board, wood stains, soap, shaving cream and skin lotion
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Henry Ford, head of Ford Motor Company invited Carver to his Dearborn, Michigan plant where the two devised a way to use goldenrod, a plant weed, to create synthetic rubber. of Agricultural Research at what is now Tuskegee University 1916 Named Fellow, London Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts 1923 Recipient, Spingarn Medal for Distinguished Service to Science 1925 1,522,176 (US) for Cosmetics and Producing the Same issued January 6,1925 1925 1,541,478 (US) for Paint and Stain and Producing the Same issued June 9, 1925 1927 1,632,365 (US) for Producing Paints and Stains issued June 14, 1927 1928 Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science, Simpson College 1935 he was appointed collaborator in the Division of Plant Mycology, U.S
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Yet, everyone wants to credit Thomas Edison with the invention of the light bulb when the truth is there were many men before Edison that had developed a bulb that would glow to some extent. He then became a member of the faculty at Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanics and later at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute for Negroes, where he remained until his death in 1943
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