This show uncovers Carver's complexities and reveals the full impact of his life and work. While George Washington Carver's rise from slavery to scientific accomplishment has inspired millions ...

One of the most widely taught figures in America’s classrooms, especially during Black History Month, is George Washington Carver, the famous inventor of more than 300 uses for peanuts who ...

George Washington Carver: A Life by Christina Vella LSU Press. Carver managed to work his way through high school and Iowa State College in Ames. He even earned a master’s degree, ...

Opinion: George Washington Carver’s life is an inspiration for all Iowans Carver, and the fame and stature he attained, served as a model for the nation before the birth of the modern civil ...

Eighty years ago today — Jan. 5, 1943 — George Washington Carver died. Carver had a significant impact on my life. Here’s how: In 1939, my mother enrolled at Union College in Linc… ...

The opera, "A Dream Fulfilled: The Saga of George Washington Carver," follows his early years in Ames, Winterset and Indianola, where he attended Simpson College.

George Washington Carver later wrote that “as nearly as I can trace my history,” his father had been killed shortly after he was born. He had three sisters and a brother who “I know to be ...

DIAMOND, Mo. — George Washington Carver was a man of many talents — “inventor,” “agricultural scientist” and, as Time magazine dubbed him in 1941, a genius in the vein of ...

Christina Vella talked about her book George Washington Carver, in which she recalls the life of the African-American botanist and inventor. Report Video Issue Javascript must be enabled in order ...

Feb. 1, 2023, was the first George Washington Carver Day in Iowa after the Legislature and Gov. Kim Reynolds approved it last year. Kenneth Quinn, former U.S. ambassador to Cambodia and former ...