George Washington Carver

Long live 'Negro'

2013-03-11 22:10:00

I let Black History Month slide by this year without writing anything about it. I am so over celebrating firsts or reprising triumphal narratives. But news from last month did suggest that we may need a black history lesson — one that goes...

Frank Godden dies at 101; helped develop African American resort

2012-08-19 00:00:00

Los Angeles Times Frank Godden, who played a significant role in the development of Val Verde, a secluded and long-closed local resort community known as "the black Palm Springs," has died. He was 101. Godden, who had cancer, died Aug. 3 at his Los...

Patt Morrison Asks: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- still hooked

2012-03-24 00:00:00

Only his number is retired — 33, in the Lakers' purple and gold that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wore to glory on the basketball court. The rest of him is still working away, most recently on his latest book. At UCLA, in blue and gold, Abdul-Jabbar was a...

California can't afford to cut transitional kindergarten [Blowback]

2012-03-06 16:36:23

Holiday gifts: A baker's dozen of great cookbooks

2010-12-09 00:00:00

Fall is the harvest season, right? That's especially true when it comes to cookbooks, which every year arrive in a seasonal flood that puts apples and pears to shame. By some counts, as many as three-fourths of all cookbooks in the United States are...

This week's recipes from the L.A. Times Test Kitchen

2010-12-09 21:32:50

Gerald Lawson dies at 70; engineer brought cartridge-based video game consoles to life

2011-04-23 00:00:00

Gerald A. "Jerry" Lawson, an electronics engineer and video game pioneer who led the team that developed the first cartridge-based home video game console system to hit the market in the mid-1970s, has died. He was 70. Lawson, who lived in Santa Clara,...

Recipe: Dr. George Washington Carver's sliced sweet potato pie

2010-12-09 00:00:00

� Dr. George Washington Carver's sliced sweet potato pie Total time: About 2 hours, plus chilling and cooling times Servings: 8 to 12 Note: Adapted from "Southern Pies" by Nancie McDermott. She does not recommend a specific crust to go with this pie;...

Best book title of the year?

2009-11-09 16:33:34

Roy DeCarava dies at 89; art photographer depicted the African American experience

2009-10-29 00:00:00

Roy DeCarava, an art photographer whose pictures of everyday life in Harlem helped clarify the African American experience for a wider audience, has died. He was 89. He died Tuesday in New York City, his daughter Wendy DeCarava said. The cause was not...

Robert Colescott dies at 83; African American artist skewered stereotypes with wit and explosive style

2009-06-13 00:00:00

Robert Colescott, a wildly expressive and fearlessly opinionated painter who skewered racial and sexual stereotypes with hilarious force, has died. He was 83. Colescott, who had suffered from Parkinsonian syndrome, died June 4 at his home in Tucson, said...

Carver Middle students protest impending takeover by L.A.'s mayor

2010-03-02 16:33:54

In this version of the classic pie, from a recipe developed by George Washington Carver, sweet potatoes are sliced and layered, rather than mashed.

2013-01-22 17:33:39

Number one: This cookie has a delicacy, an elegance, not associated with the robust kids' cookie made with peanut butter.

2012-11-14 12:06:37

09.05.2012 - Hartford, CT - Achievement First Hartford High School students walk a corridor to lunch past a piece of frosted glass with a quote by George Washington Carver. The city's first charter high school opened this year with 62 ninth-graders.

2012-09-12 13:29:00