https://www.livescience.com/41780-george-washington-carver.html
Born into slavery, poverty, and utter discrimination, he became an inventor. I did a paper on him in high school.
Carver quotes
"Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses."
"Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater."
Yes, many other recent examples are available, but they didn't succeed in the environment, time this man did.
He would be disgusted at today's cult of black victimization.