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The Life and Legacy of a Creative Scientist

George Washington Carver rode a peanut to fame, but wanted most to pull sharecroppers out of poverty with sustainable farming methods.

Few American icons have been so poorly understood and widely appropriated as George Washington Carver. He has been held up as a hero by both the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the NAACP; by Christian fundamentalists and gay rights activists. Living on Earth and Planet Harmony’s Ike Sriskandarajah travels to Macon County, Alabama and discovers that Carver’s real legacy may be his vision for sustainable agriculture.

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