He tended to the plantations gardening day in and day out.

It was tiring, but he secretly worked on one of his best ideas, and today we're absolutely

nuts about it.

This is Two Minute Black History, what you didn't learn in school.

The holidays wouldn't be the same without pecans.

We have one man to thank for their popularity.

Meet Antoine.

He was a talented gardener enslaved on Louisiana's Oak Alley Plantation.

Antoine's skills were heard out of this world.

He developed a method of cultivating individual pecans trees that no one had ever done before.

Antoine's grafting technique allowed him to create offspring, matching the parent plant's

characteristics.

This type of uniformity is necessary for growing commercial crops, and it wasn't easy work.

Many before him tried to produce pecans trees but failed.

Antoine figured it out and became known as a master of plants.

Of course, he didn't get his flowers while he was alive.

One copy of his technique and the commercial pecant industry was born.

Today pecans are grown in 14 states and on every continent except Antarctica.

Like Antoine, we should never be afraid to pursue our talents.

We've always been dreamers, creators, artists, and cultivators.

White supremacy could never stop that.

In order to move towards the future, you've got to look to the past.

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