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George Washington Carver: A Life Vella ChristinaPevná vazba Nearly every American can cite at least one of the accomplishments of George Washington Carver. Born into slavery, Carver earned a master's…
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Nearly every American can cite at least one of the accomplishments of George Washington Carver. Born into slavery, Carver earned a master's degree at Iowa State Agricultural College and went on to become that university's first black faculty member. The many tributes honoring his contributions to scientific advancement and black history include a national monument bearing his name, a U.S.-minted coin featuring his likeness, and induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
His scientific breakthroughs with the crops -- both of which would replenish the cotton-leached soil of the South -- helped spare multitudes of sharecroppers from poverty. A keen painter who chose agricultural studies over art, he focused the majority of his research on peanuts and sweet potatoes. Despite Carver's lifelong difficulties with systemic racial prejudice, when he died in 1943, millions of Americans
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