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Category: African American History

Photograph of young African American students gardening at a rural school.

George Washington Carver and Nature Study

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

Today’s post is guest authored by Michelle Cadoree Bradley, a science reference specialist in the Science, Technology, and Business Division of the Library of Congress. She is also the author of the blog post, “Stumbled Upon in the Stacks, or the Chimp in my Office.” …a very large part of the child’s education must be …

Posted in: African American History, Biography, Gardening, Guest Blog Posts, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History

Photograph of George Washington Carver from the waist up

Celebrating African Americans in Science and Business

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

February is African American History Month. During this month, we frequently receive questions from students working on school projects related to African Americans in science and business. In general, students seek biographical information about a specific Black scientist, inventor or business person. Before my time, back in the 1980’s, LC science librarian Vivian Ovelton Sammons …

Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Science