Booker T. Whatley | |
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Born | |
Died | September 3, 2005 | (aged 89)
Education | Alabama A & M University |
Alma mater | Rutgers University |
Known for | One of the pioneers of sustainable agriculture in the post-World War II era |
Spouse | Lottie |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Agriculture |
Institutions | Tuskegee University |
Booker T. Whatley (November 5, 1915 in Calhoun County, Alabama – September 3, 2005 in Montgomery, Alabama) was an agriculture professor at Tuskegee University, Alabama, and a pioneer of sustainable agriculture in the post-World War II era. He also aimed to "generate an agrarian black middle class".[1]