Honestly, I don't (or didn't) know anything about George Washington Carver. If someone asks me what he did, I say “Peanut Butter!”. Of Course, that's all he is famous for the most. We all love peanut butter. It makes sense.

Honestly, I don't (or didn't) know anything about George Washington Carver. If someone asks me what he did, I say “Peanut Butter!”. Of Course, that's all he is famous for the most. We all love peanut butter. It makes sense.

Emily Chun creates some artwork in her transitional kindergarten class at George Washington Carver Elementary School in Long Beach. The Long Beach district has been offering the grade in a pilot program. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times / February 7

George Washington Carver became one of the nation's greatest educators and agricultural researchers. He was born in about 1864 (the exact year is unknown) on the Moses Carver plantation in Diamond Grove, Missouri.

Emily Chun creates some artwork in her transitional kindergarten class at George Washington Carver Elementary School in Long Beach. The Long Beach district has been offering the grade in a pilot program. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times / February 7