George Washington Carver

This musical will recount the story of the remarkable true story of George Washington Carver, a humble man born in slavery. Carver, through his research and educational efforts at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, revolutionized the practice of agriculture in the South and thereby made it possible for many African-Americans of his generation to make their living. Best known for his work with the peanut and the sweet potato, Carver not only encouraged farmers to plant the crops because they would help restore the cotton-ravaged soil of the South, but also helped create more than 300 products derived from the peanut and more than 120 from the sweet potato that would ensure a market for those crops. He also encouraged farmers in the South to practice crop rotation. Ever a humble man with a deep Christian faith, Carver was honored both in life and after his death in 1943 by Presidents, industrialists such as Henry Ford, and the many humble farmers whose lives he enriched.