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Birth
George Washington carve was born in Diamond, MO U.S. George Washington Carver is born to the slave of Moses and Susan Carver. http://www.softschools.com/timelines/george_washington_carver_timeline/111/ -
Kidnapped and Separated
Sometime in 1865, George and his mother were captured by the Klu Klux Klan who were resentful because of the recent abolition of slavery. Fortunately, George was recovered by a neighbor and was retuned to his masters, Moses and Susan Carver, along with his older brother Jim.
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Simpson Art School
George Washington Carver was accepted to Simpson Art College in 1890, where he was famous for his realsitic and scientific drawings of flowers and other plants. One art teacher recognized this and prompted him to enroll in the State Agricultural College.
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Awards
George Washington Carver got a bachelor in agriculture dagree
and he was appointed member of faculty, Iowa State College. http://brotherhoodmonthgwc.weebly.com/awards-and-accomplishments.html -
George Washington Carver creates the Jessup Agricultural Wagon
Carver designs a horse-drawn vehicle, called the Jessup Agricultural Wagon, that allows him to do demonstrations of his experiments for farmers. Carver believes this is his most significant contribution to educating farmers.http://www.softschools.com/timelines/george_washington_carver_timeline/111/ -
Quotes of George Washington Carver
Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.
When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.
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Resignation
Washington wrote a letter of resignation to Tuskeegee University after years of threatening to do so. He quit because of the poor quality of the research laboratory they were allowing him to use. https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/132418 -
Recognition by the President
Until now, the general public was not very much aware of Carver and his work. When Theodore Roosevelt publicly admired George Washington Carver's work, he became a household name and was boosted into scientist stardom. http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/george-washington-carver-recognition-day-celebrated -
George Meets Henry
This was when George Washington Carver met the famed Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan. There, they worked on plastics made out of soybeans to be used inside cars. It was rumored that they even built a full automobile just out of these plastics. Along with plastics, they developed a synthetic rubber made out of soybeans.
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Death
He was died on January 5, 1943, at the age of 78 after falling down the stairs at his home. He was buried next to Booker T. Washington on the Tuskegee grounds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carver
