COLUMBIA - The University of Missouri commemorated the legacy of its first Black teacher Wednesday with a ceremony dedicating a science laboratory and establishing a scholarship in his name.
The newly-renovated Henry Kirklin Learning Laboratory was officially christened by faculty of the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR). A college took an opportunity to partner with the local community to recognize an important individual in the college s history,â said Christopher Daubert, dean of the MU CAFNR.
The inside of the Henry Kirklin Learning Laboratory, inside the MU Agriculture Building.
The lab s namesake, Henry Kirklin, was a former slave who made a huge impact as a gardener and greenhouse supervisor at MU. His hands-on teaching helped his students become incredibly efficient in pruning and grafting strategies with plants.
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