"From crippling circumstance, George Washington Carver made for himself an imperishable niche in the annals of science."
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People from MissouriInventorsAfrican AmericansBiologists from the United StatesBotanists from the United States
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Martin Luther King Jr., A Martin Luther King Treasury (1964). Also found in King's Where Do We Go From Here?
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George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver (12 July 1864 β 5 January 1943) was an African-American botanist who worked in agricultural extension in the southern United States.
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