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In 1881, Booker T. Washington arrived in Alabama and began building Tuskegee Institute both in reputation and literally brick by brick. He recruited outstanding teachers to come there, including George Washington Carver, who arrived in 1896. Carver’s innovations in agriculture, especially with peanuts, expanded Tuskegee’s standing throughout the country.
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Tuskegee, Alabama · United States
