OUR STORY
On the shoulders of our ancestors we stand!
Dr. George W. Carver.
On the back of so many, we stand! The image to the left is Dr. George W. Carver. The first African- American to receive a masters in Agriculture at Iowa State. Soon after, he would receive a letter from Booker T. Washington requesting his participation in building the Tuskegee Normal Schools, which Booker T. founded in 1881. Dr. Carver accepted the job and rest is history.
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The Jessup Wagon
During my senior year at Morehouse College, I was given an assignment by then Head of The Business Department, Dr. William Sheftal to seek economic solutions for the African- American community. During my research, i discovered many problems facing the African-American community, but rarely any solutions given. I then discovered The Tuskegee Normal School (as mentioned above) founded by Booker T. Washington. After learning about his vision and ability to build 40 buildings (which still stand today) from bricks they actually baked, and farms to feed their own school, I believed (as I still believe today) if they could achieve this just out of slavery, we could rebuild our communities today.
The Adventures of Hotep and Mo Better Food promotes Black Farmers and Black Families in 1998 at Lowell Park in West Oakland.
(Close to the end of a MLK Jr Day of Service volunteer day at Castlemont High School in East Oakland
Photo taken by – Keba Konte caught this shot
About a month later I returned to the garden to check on it…I noticed quite a few of weeds had returned. Fortunately, a science teacher adopted the garden and since the garden has been functioning at Castlemont High School. However, from my personal experience of visiting about a month later, the idea came, how about a monthly volunteer day to keep the project going and people engaged from the school and its community?
This idea led to our once a once a month volunteer day – 1st Saturdays. See: 1stSaturdays.com.
