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Black people were not allowed at the public school in Diamond Grove.
Learning there was a school for black children 10 miles ( 16 km ) south in Neosho, George decided to go there.
When he reached the town, he found the school closed for the night.
He slept in a nearby barn.
By his own account, the next morning he met a kind woman, Mariah Watkins, from whom he wished to rent a room.
When he identified himself as " Carver's George ," as he had done his whole life, she replied that from now on his name was " George Carver ".
George liked this lady very much, and her words, " You must learn all you can, then go back out into the world and give your learning back to the people ", made a great impression on him.
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