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Article: George Washington Carver, Slave Rose To Scientist And Humanitarian
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- The New York Beacon
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- September 16, 1994
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Jerry Nachtigal
New York Beacon, The
09-16-1994
George Washington Carver, Slave Rose To Scientist And Humanitarian.
Born to a slave two weeks before the end of the Civil War, George Washington Carver rose to stunning heights as a scientist, educator and humanitarian.
The Diamond Grove plantation, where the man who would revolutionize American agriculture spent his boyhood, became the George Washington Carver National Monument under an act of Congress in 1943, shortly after his death. Then-Sen. Harry Truman of Missouri was a sponsor of legislation that created the first monument of its kind dedicated to an African-American.
About 40,000 people a year visit the site in rural southwestern ...