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The Roots of Cooperative Extension


July 29, 2020

Did you know that the first official American Extension Agent was a young Black male graduate of Tuskegee University named Thomas Monroe Campbell? Surely you have heard of Campbell’s protégés, Booker T. Washington and George Washington ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, AGRICULTURE, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agricultural Extension, Agricultural History, Agriculture, American History, Black, Black History, Booker T. Washington, Cooperative Extension, Extension, George Washington Carver, History, Hwooten, Ocextension, Roots, South, Thomas Monroe Campbell, Tuskegee

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