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 (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 […]
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 […]