HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prompted discussions to merge the two organizations on a national level creating one unified organization. The two organizations officially merged on July 1, 1965 with a ceremony at the National FFA Convention finalizing the event.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1935 a meeting was held at Tuskegee Institute to establish the national New Farmers of America organization. George Washington Owens and H. O. Sargent are identified in the various NFA Guides as the founders of the New Farmers of America. Owens was an African American while Sargent was white.

Detailed explanation-3: -The creed was written by E.M. Tiffany and adopted at the Third National FFA Convention.