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Dr. George Washington Carver, known as The Father of Chemurgy, was the first American Scientist and African American to receive a Federal Recognition Day. On January 5, 1943 Dr. Carver passed, and two years later on December 28, 1945, the 79th United States Congress under President Harry S. Truman passed Public Law 290. This was a federal law that mandated all government buildings on January 5 to display flags half-staff. To ensure this historic day continued, Halim Mustafa beginning in 1996 from his native town of East Palo Alto, CA., launched a campaign across the country to reestablish January 5 as Dr. Carvers' annual recognition day under Public Law 290. In a joint resolution adopted by the National Caucus of Black State Legislatures and the National Conference of State Legislatures, it called upon all fifty states to make it annual. Now as part of an anniversary celebration, civic groups, communities and schools are promoting public recognition activities in a call on the President, Federal Government, States, localities, schools, nonprofit organizations, businesses, other entities, and people of the USA to observe January 5 with appropriate ceremonies, programs, and activities, and to encourage media organizations to participate to help inform people of the United States about his Life, Legend and Legacy.

Dr. Carver used agriculture as his ministry to humanity as he worked with nature to build bridges of common concern that improved race relations among Southern Black and White Farmers. Dr. Carver introduced crop-rotation to heal farmlands which were depleted of soil nutrients from the over growth of cotton, tobacco, etc. He used peanuts, soybeans and other legumes to improve the soils which produced healthier agricultural products in America, which helped our nation prosper during our industrial growth era. He freely gave the world many agricultural gifts through science as he discovered the power of flowers, and he knew the importance of wholesome food to help people live and think better. He famously said, “nutrition was as a source of crime prevention, and that weeds were really flowers growing out of place”. Dr. Carver's creative science experiments served as a small step in a giant leap for mankind to promote energy conservation, clean/green technology and sustainable energy resources in the 21st century.