George Washington Carver: Making Education Common
Linda McMurry
Sunday, 10 Feb 1991 at 4:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Linda O. McMurry is professor of Afro-American Studies in the Department of History at North Carolina State and her books include George Washington Carver: Scientist and Symbol and Recorder of the Black Experience: A Biography of Monroe Nathan Work. She co-authored the textbook America and Its People.Part of the National Affairs Series.
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