Carver went on from peanuts to produce such things as paving blocks from cotton and rubber from sludge. In collaboration with Henry Ford, he perfected a process for extracting rubber …

“George Washington Carver: Chemist, Teacher, Symbol,” produced by the National Historic Chemical Landmarks program of the American Chemical Society in 2005.

Carver’s paradoxical life and career were influenced strongly by two factors: Racism and interest convergence.1 We describe this paradox and explore the intersectional impact of those two …

BIRTHPLACE: Newton County, Missouri EDUCATION: Carver was the first black student at Iowa State Univ., where he studied agriculture (B.S.) and botany (M.S.). He was awarded honorary …

George Washington Carver was born in rural Missouri in 1864 and despite the challenges of slavery, poverty, and becoming an orphan, he dedicated his life to using science and …

Let George Washington Carver National Monument introduce you to this humble man whose love of God and agriculture became a ministry to benefit humanity. Texts by Peter Duncan Burchard.

Born into slavery, kidnapped as a child, and employed as a traveling farmhand as a youth, George Washington Carver—through his determination, talent, and curiosity— became an …