Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner
Questions that itched like mosquito bites questions that tickled like spider webs questions you just couldn't shoo away Questions hopped through Charles Henry Turner's mind like grasshoppers His brain buzzed with questions about plants and animals and bugs
His parents home swarmed with books but never enough books to answer all his questions Charles Henry Turner asked so many questions that his teacher urged him to go and find out And Charles did
He read and studied and worked hard And after he finished high school he did what many people thought impossible even though he was a janitor's son even though most colleges didn't accept African American students even though it meant more hard work Charles Henry Turner went to college
