40. George Washington Carver – African American who discovered hundreds of uses for the peanut (including cosmetics—lipstick). In his traveling classroom, he taught Alabama farmers about crop rotation.
41. Booker T. Washington – founder of Tuskegee Institute and whose autobiography Up From Slavery inspired thousands. -with his sons
42. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois agreed that African Americans needed “thrift, patience, and industrial training.” They disagreed about segregation—Washington accepted it and Du Bois rejected it. Tuskegee students building their own classrooms