Listening to the Still Small Voice: The Story of George Washington Carver

Iowa State University graduate Paxton Williams will perform his one-act play, "Listening to the Still Small Voice: The Story of George Washington Carver." Listening to the Still Small Voice: The Story of George Washington Carver is the story of one of the most inspiring and enigmatic figures of the 20th century. Using your imagination, you will travel from Civil War-Era Missouri, to the young State Agricultural College at Ames, to Carver's laboratory, and to the halls of the U.S. Congress, where Dr. Carver sought to speak truth to power. You will see the trials and tribulations, and ultimate triumph of the "Wizard of Tuskegee." Born in slavery, you will see how Dr. Carver affected and was affected by such historical figures of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Henry Ford, and Booker T. Washington. Above all, you will see the story of simple man who did the best he could to serve humanity. Paxton J. Williams, 2000 Iowa State University graduate, is currently pursuing a Master's degree at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy in Ann Arbor.