George Washington Carver Research Paper

Do you want to know why George Washington Carver is the greatest african american ever? He is the greatest african american ever because he found many uses for common crops like peanuts,cowpeas,and sweet potatoes. I have George Washington Carver for my black history month project. George Washington Carver is in the science category. George Washington Carver is in the science category because he did a lot of research with peanuts.

Otis Boykin was an African American inventor who lived from 1920 to 1982. He created an improved version of a resistor. The electronic part is now an essential part of radios, televisions, computers, heart pacemakers, and weapons in the military.

Steven Grover Cleveland was born in Caldwell, New Jersey on March 18,1837. Grover Cleveland’s family consisted of his 5 sisters and 3 brothers. He stopped using his first name because he thought Grover sounded more important than Steven. Grover’s father was a minister and taught him religious studies. While information on his mom was not listed.

In the novella, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, George’s decision to kill Lennie at the end of the novel was justified. George and Lennie were best friends, and have been since they were little. They got ran out of Weed(the old farm they used to work at) for harassing a girl and not letting her go. He was just scared from her screaming and kicking. He didn’t mean to harm, or scare her. And then about a year later when Lennie accidentally killed Curley’s wife, the whole farm was after him. George shot him in the temple of his head for a quick and painless death. Lennie had to be killed because he didn’t know his own strength. And he was too dumb to realize what he was doing. Also Curley and Carlson would’ve tortured Lennie and then killed

Washington had on the education of blacks many blacks is something that is often lost in the many history books. Booker T. Washington was born Virginia, Washington on a farm on April 5, 1856, to Jane and Washington Ferguson. Booker T. Washington was an American educator, author, orator, advisor to two presidents of the United States and Civil Right Activist. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the prevailing leader in the African-American community and maybe one the most well-known African-Americans in the nineteenth century. As a young kid growing up on a Virginia farm, Washington had to attend school in the morning followed by an afternoon of hard work in a salt or coal mines in Malden when he was ten years old. Washington would first learn the virtues of frugality, cleanliness, and personal morality while serving as a houseboy for a white family. After finishing school Washington left his home to attend Hampton Institute, one of the original freedmen’s schools dedicated to industrial education. Washington would graduate with honors and become a teacher in his hometown of Malden. In 1881 Washington would return to the Hampton Institute and become a teacher but would leave the job at age 25 to open the Tuskegee Institute in an old church. Fannie Norton Smith, Washington’s home-town sweetheart and Washington married in 1882 and had the first of their three kids in 1883. After the death of his wife Fannie Washington in 1884 he remarried Olivia

Although the exact year of his birth is unknown, it is believed that George Walton was born sometime between 1940-50. He was born in Prince Edward Virginia to Robert and Mary Walton. His grandfather, also George Walton, had moved from England to Virginia in 1682. Walton’s family was poor and by the age of twelve, he was an orphan. Due to the death of his parents, Walton became an apprentice at a young age.

We all know of the famous man named Walt Disney, we know his movies and of course the magical places he has created. Most people would say that Walt Disney changed the world not by words, but by art and animation. Although he did change the world by this, he also used words to make it happen. There’s more to what Walt Disney did than just creating art. Although, for him to change the world by his words he had to become famous for his art first.

Rex David Thomas most likely known as Dave Thomas, was born July 12, 1932 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He was born to adoption and never knew his birth mother. At 6 months old Thomas was adopted by a couple from Kalamazoo, Michigan, but his adoptive mother passed away when he was only 5 years old. And by age 10 he had lost 2 stepmothers. While he was in Maine he spent his summers with his adoptive grandmother, one of his closest relatives, as well as one of his biggest influences. As he was still a teen his dad took him to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he worked as a paperboy, golf caddy, and soda fountain counter in a drugstore. Once his dad told them that they were moving, he refused to move. He decided he would dropped out high school, and

George Washington Carver was an african American inventor. He was born 1860 in Diamond grove, Missouri. He was the child of two slave.

George McClellan. Born December 3rd, 1826 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. He is famously known for being a Union leader during the Civil War, but he has had several other accomplishments while serving in the United States Armed Forces. He graduated the Military Academy (West Point) in 1846, and shortly after that, he fought in the Mexican War. Following his service in that war, he began teaching military engineering at West Point. Although he has served in many wars and helped the Armed Forces in many ways, his most well known accomplishment was serving as leader for the Union army in the first year of the Civil War. He got his job after the First Battle of Bull Run, when Winfield Scott “retired.” He was the leader for many wars, but he was known

Washington was born into slavery in 1856. He eventually became the property of a Virginia farmer as his mother was the plantation cook. Throughout his childhood, although his father did not live far away, he did not pay attention to him. He essentially was fatherless until his mother remarired and he decided to take his stepfather’s last name and assume a new identity. At age 16, Washington enrolled in The Hampton Institute for Blacks where he was introduced to the idea of learning a trade. At this school, he not only learned how to become a janitor, but he learned the importance of hard work. It was during this time that Washington gained the belief that in order to earn the respect of white people, black people needed to work hard to prove their worth. Washington eventually worked hard enough so that he was eventually in charge of the Tuskegee Institute. He eventually purchased a plantation to serve as a permanent residence for the school. In contrast, W.E.B. Dubois grew up in a predominantly white neighborhood in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Although he was proud of his black culture, he identified as mulatto. He spent his childhood attending white schools, socializing with white friends and totally integrated. His education was also supported and looked highly upon by whites. Dubois took his education very seriously and he eventually got a degree from Fisk University and a PHd from Harvard. He was the first black man to receive a

Who is John Carver you may ask? Well for starters Mr.Carver is a U.S history teacher who served in both cold wars, was also in theater before becoming the teacher he is today.John Carver a 8th grade U.S History Teacher at Frontier middle school. I interviewed Mr.Carver with joy and pride to be interviewing the teacher I really looked up to as an eighth grader because he always pushed me to try my hardest.

George was born possibly in 1861 near Diamond Grove, Missouri and was the son of Mary, who was a slave owned by Moses Carver. During the Civil War, the Carver farm was raided and infant George and Mary were kidnapped and taken to Arkansas to be sold. Moses was able to track down George but was unable to find Mary. So Moses took George, frail and sick,

George Theophilus Walker was an amazing and talented composer. He composed many piano sonatas, operas, ballets, and many different types of music. Walker was an amazing composer and very good at what he did. Walker was the first black American composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1996. Walker was an amazing composer, a great and loving family man, a successful writer, and an inspiration to all who compose music or have composed any piece of music in the past with Walker. Through his life he showed people that anything is possible if you believe in yourself, push on through the struggles, and persevere.

George W. Carver was born in Diamond Grove, Missouri. He was born into slavery around 1861 to January 1864 but the exact date is unknown. George`s once master Moses Carver bought George`s parents, Mary and Giles, from William P. McGinnis on October 9, 1885 for 700$. When he was only a week old him, his sister, and his mother were kidnapped and sold in Kentucky although his brother