Booker T. Washington Invites Carver to Tuskegee

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Booker T. Washington Invites Carver to Tuskegee

Booker T. Washington was determined to make Tuskegee a leading educational institution in the South. He recognized that he needed a Black man with an advanced degree in agriculture to head up his department of agriculture. George Washington Carver was his clear choice.

This segment from Iowa PBS’s George Washington Carver: An Uncommon Life documentary includes interviews from people who knew or were influenced by him. Interviews took place at Iowa State University, Simpson College and Tuskegee University.
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