Celebrating Black History Month with another Role Model in Science & Engineering!
The story of George Washington Carver is fascinating! This Botanist and Inventor possessed a "burning zeal to know everything" about nature from an early age. He used botany and other sciences to create products that would benefit the economic and agricultural productivity of poor black farmers. Read more about George Washington Carver including why Gandhi sought his expertise here.
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