"We are expecting the most intense rain between midnight and 10 am," National Weather Service meteorologist Charles Roeseler said. "We're kind of lucky that the heaviest rain will be after rush hour tonight and before Saturday errands. Organizers were getting the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark ready Thursday for Whitney Houston's funeral which promises […]
103 [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Notes: Title devised by Library staff. Reference copy (modern print) in BIOG FILE – Carver, George Washington. 103 [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Notes: Title devised by Library staff. Reference copy (modern print) […]
George Washington Carver (front row, center) poses with fellow staff members at the Tuskegee Institute (now known as Tuskegee University) Alabama. Carver worked at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama for most of his adult life. It is a month to remember men and women such as George Washington Carver, WEB Dubois and Rosa Parks who faced […]
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 […]
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. George Washington Carver has been hailed for his innovative development of multiple uses for the humble peanut. But that's just a small […]
The Detroit Tigers are currently accepting submissions for the 16th Annual Detroit Tigers Jackie Robinson Art, Essay & Poetry Contest. Jackie Robinson, who would have been 93 today, once said that "a life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives," Jackie Robinson said. By that measure, his own life was […]
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 […]