Who Am I?......Scientist, Innovator, Educator, and Artist...Someone our children should read about

Scientist, Innovator, Educator, and Artist

A poet and a painter, I am closely associated with the humble peanut.

In 1896, at Booker T. Washington’s invitation, I became head of the

Agriculture Department at Tuskegee Institute where I researched and taught for

 47 years. I studied ways to improve the depleted soil of the South through crop rotation

 and planting a variety of foods such as peanuts, soybeans or sweet potatoes.

 I became very famous in my lifetime and had many honors bestowed

 upon me for my work.  I am the first Black American to be honored in a national monument.

Who Am I?

Dr. George Washington Carver (1864-1943).

An Orator, an Abolitionist, an Editor, and a Statesman…..WHO AM I?

Mr. Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)

In the 1840s, I rose to prominence on the abolitionist circuit as I presented my story of slave life in Maryland and my escape to freedom.  My newspaper, The North Star, was a mouthpiece of the anti-slavery movement and carried addresses by the leading abolitionists of the day.  During the U>S> Civil War, I used my unique perspective to encourage President Lincoln to all African Americans to engage in the fight.  In the years after the war, I continued to fight tirelessly for equality and suffrage for both African Americans and women.  My Washington, D.C. home is now a landmark monument to my struggle for equality.  An Orator, an Abolitionist, an Editor, and a Statesman…..WHO AM I?