Lauretta Valerie 

Henoc Louis

Mr. Huston

English 2

Wed 19 2014

                                         George Washington Carver
'' Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freed''. - George Washington Carver. A well respected
man known for his experiments with peanuts. Just before the end of the civil war, Carver spent one year in
slavery but that altered the course of his life. When Carver left diamond grove Missouri, he went to Iowa state university to earn his masters degree in Agriculture. George Washington Carver was very important. His achievements in agriculture, particularly peanuts persuaded many southern farmers to grow them.

George Washington Carver was born a slave on a small farm near Diamond Grove, Missouri in 1865. As an infant, George and his family were kidnapped by bandits and taken to Arkansas. His mother was never heard from again. The carvers gave a reward when young George was returned to them. Slavery taught George Washington Carver to appreciate nature, learning, and self-sufficiency.

In 1890 Carver moved to Iowa where he continued his education at Simpson college that admitted students without regard to race. His main interest in Simpson was painting. He enrolled in an art class and was one of the only male students in fine arts department. Carver then transferred to Iowa State College of agricultural and mechanical arts. At Iowa State, Carver was not allowed to live or eat with the white students (George Washington education). Despite all the racism, Carver did not let people stop him from getting his education. In 1886, he received his masters degree in agriculture. In 1896 Booker T. Washington, the principal of the African-american Tuskegee institute hired carver to run the school's agricultural department. Carver was the only black man in america to have received advanced training in scientific agriculture and the only teacher at tuskegee with a degree from a white college and was the institute's highest paid professor.