Alabama: Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site

In 1881, Booker T. Washington arrived in Alabama and started building Tuskegee Institute both in reputation and literally brick by brick. He recruited the best and the brightest to come and teach here including George Washington Carver who arrived in 1896. Carver’s innovations in agriculture, especially with peanuts, expanded Tuskegee’s standing throughout the country. The story continues….

The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom

The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom The Underground Railroad – the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight through the end of the civil war – refers to the efforts of enslaved African Americans to gain their freedom by escaping bondage.

Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site Visitor Center

• Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site Visitor Center
• The visitor center for is located inside the George Washington Carver Museum. The Visitor Center is currently closed due to construction. There is no physical address for the museum because it sits inside the campus gates of Tuskegee University.