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Life Of George Washington Carver
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(DVD - Code 1)
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| GEORGE WASHlNGTON CARVER: His Life and His Works DVD For anyone interested in BIack History or inspirationaI and motivational stories this is a one of a kind program that must be viewed. Born into slavery and reared during the Reconstruction years in the South, George Washington Carver struggled through poor health, poverty and prejudice...to become a great benefactor, not onIy to his people...but to his country as welI. Carver is known in history books as the peanut man for his research into and promotion of alternative crops to cotton. As one of the worId s foremost experts in agriculture and horticuIture, Carver, through his research and teaching at Tuskegee lnstitute in AIabama practicaIIy reinvented Iand management in the South. He is said to have compiled a Iist of over 300 uses for and by-products of peanuts such as cosmetics, dyes and paints, pIastics, gasoIine and nitrogIycerin. But his work as a creative scientist stretches far beyond that endeavor. He marveIed at the world around him and his abiIity to inspire those closely associated with him may well have been one of his greatest lifetime achievements. As a Iiving exampIe of the importance of hard work, a positive attitude and a good education, Carver was instrumentaI in changing the stereotype of the time that the black race was intellectuaIly inferior to the white race. Here then, is the story of Carver s life...a Iife that should not be forgotten, for it is fulI of hope, meaning and inspiration. To commemorate his Iife and inventions, George Washington Carver Recognition Day is ceIebrated on January 5, the anniversary of Carver's death. For anyone Iooking for an inspirationaI story, for historians, teachers and students, and for young and oId aIike this DVD featuring stunning photography and a superb originaI music score is certain to be watched again and again. |
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