Born in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washington Carver to succeed.
He went on to develop nearly 100 household products and over 100 recipes using peanuts..
His work with vegetables, especially peanuts, made him famous and changed agriculture forever.
He went on to the Tuskegee Institute where he specialized in botany (the study of plants) and developed techniques to grow crops better.
He became the first black student at Iowa State Agricultural College and later its first black professor.
After the Civil War, Carver enrolled in classes and proved to be a star student.
Slaves were not allowed to be educated.
Born in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washington Carver to succeed