Laz, Thread, I meant to cite George Washington Carver, rather than Booker T. Washington, in my post to which I am replying. While Booker T. Washington was a major agricultural influence, it was not to the extent of George Washington Carver's, and that is what I meant to reference in that post. Then again, maybe they both belong there
Holly,
I'm currently reading "the lost continent," by Bill Bryson. The subtitle is "Travels in Small-Town America."
After a 20 year hiatus living in England, Bryson took a tour of small-town America in his mother's Chevette. I bring this up because your post about Booker T. Washington brings this to mind from Bryson's book:
I was headed for the Booker T. Washington National Monument, a restored plantation near Roanoke, where Booker T. Washington grew up. He was a remarkable man. A freed slave, he taught himself to read and write, secured an education and eventually founded the Tuskeegee Institute in Alabama, the first college in America for blacks. Then, as if that were not achievement enough, he finished his career as a soul musician, churning out a series of hits in the 1960s on the Stax record label with the backup group the MG's. As I say, a remarkable man.
That last part had me ROTFLMAO. Bryson has a wry sense of humor. |
