Through the Lincoln Gates into campus, much of which is original from the 19th and early 20th centuries. The bricks on many of these buildings were handmade and assembled by students (along with the other parts of the buildings, such as gutters, roofs, plumbing, wiring...) - this was part of the complete education that made this one of the foremost educational institutions in the country, let alone one for African-Americans.


George Washington Carver, a professor at the Institute and leader of the Agriculture Department into the 1940s. He worked with a lot more than peanuts in his attempts to diversify the agriculture of regional black farmers and get them (as a bloc) to become major players in the economy. But his creation of something unfortunately called Penol will forever brand him as the peanut butter dude who carved up George Washington.


Taking a look around the main yard.


More buildings; the old-looking bricks are the handmade ones.


Just off the street, just across from the Booker T. Washington house. Another famous guy on campus, first head of the Institute and a moderate spokesperson for civil rights for over 20 years until more liberal, outspoken elements of the NAACP started to take hold. He died in 1915 while still enjoying a position of prominence in the African-American community, having stretched his health too thin in an attempt to be everything to everyone he represented.


That's his house, fairly luxurious for an academic property (though by no means extravagant). As per the rest of the campus, the bricks, shingles, gutters, columns, everything was handmade and hand-assembled by the student body.

See Moton Field and more of Tuskegee

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