this kindly white man taught george carver, carver george as he was known then, to play the fiddle, because he couldn't teach him to read because he couldn't read himself. he was totally illiterate. when little carver is 10 years old, he desperately wants to go to school. the white school in the town where he lived in missouri wouldn't have him. so, with the carver's permission , he went 10 miles to a new freedmen's bureau school that was opening in missouri, and he went to school their. how does a 10-year old survived by himself? well, he goes to work for a family and he works for them during the day and works for three or four weeks, three or four months until he saved enough money that he can go to school and by school close. he goes to school for three or four months until he runs out of money and that he goes back to work again. that is the way carver survived from the age of 10 until he finally finished high school his mid-20s.n he was a drifter. he went to all of the up start towns in kansas and all around to try to find schools where he could work and try to find work. there was alw

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they beat the marchers not just at the bridge but throughout the city and into the george washington carverrea. there were even accounts of law enforcement officials throwing a women into baptismal pools at first baptist church. that was the first attempt. what made this significant is the fact there were so many media cameras capturing this moment. not only were there still cameras but there also were posts filming the action. that night in the middle of the trials of nuremberg, the footage of bloody sunday appeared so the entire country got to see what was happening on that day in selma, alabama. after dr. king found out about the march and the things that happened to the protesters here, he put out a call for clergy members across the country to come down in march on tuesday, march 9. he wanted these folks to come and be the face of this march. but the next morning when he arrived in selma, he got word there was an injunction on the march placed by george wallace. injunction had gone to the federal court judge in montgomery. frank johnson notified dr. king there would be an injunction ag

roll call] >> superintendent's proposal 1810 in support of the naming of the library at dr george washington carver. this is moved and seconded on october 23rd. this is a report from buildings and grounds. >> it was postponed with positive recommendation. >> thank you. >> as many of you know, ms. miss jones passed away earlier this year. she was a long time principal. we have a revolution tonight to name the library in support of ms. miss jones. and we have a principle here to read portions of the resolution into the record. >> only portions. >> it is a renowned school with a history of providing excellent academic opportunities to the bayview neighborhood community and across san francisco. the school has achieved three californian distinguish school awards. whereas ms. miss louise jones graduated from high school as valedictorian at the age of 16, and attended southern university and received her bachelor degree from san francisco state university, and heard masters degrees from u.c. berkeley and whereas they had a 43 year career with san francisco unified school district that included teachers,

biographer christina talked about george washington carver. this was reported at the 2015 louisiana book festival. it's about 25 minutes. >> good morning. thank you for coming out. it is my privilege to introduce to you christina vella. she has taught history for many years and is a visiting professor. she lectured widely on historical empire reppo poppet