The fifth day of the year is known as Carver Day, marking the death and honoring the legacy of George Washington Carver. To some, he’s just the guy who “invented” peanut butter.

In 1943 when Congress okayed the establishment of The George Washington Carver National Monument, it was a powerful tribute to George Washington Carver as a leading agricultural scientist ...

Installation view of "World Without End: The George Washington Carver Project," 2024–25, at California African American Museum, showing Carver's Prussian Blue (left) and Amanda Williams's Patent ...

A 1939 photo of George Washington Carver meeting President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his visit to the Tuskegee Institute. (Getty Images) RECOGNITION. Carver died on Jan. 5, 1943.