The Diversity And New Organization
Introduction
Learning to do, Doing to learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve is the FFA motto.
Some people do not know what the letters FFA stand for. They also do not know the
history that is behind the national organization.
What FFA means. FFA used to stand for the Future Farmers of America (What is
FFA, Nov.3, 2015). Now the official name is the National FFA Organization
(National FFA Organization records, 1916 2008, Nov. 3, 2015). Some people think
that FFA is just for students who want to be a farmer or are a farm (What is FFA,
Nov.3, 2015). These people are wrong, FFA welcomes students who want to be a
doctor or even a scientist (What is FFA, Nov.3, 2015). That is the main reason why
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3, 2015). The national emblem was adopted by Leslie Applegate from Freehold, N.J.
He was the first president for the FFA (FFA History, Nov. 3, 2015).
In 1929, the colors national blue and corn gold became the official colors for the FFA
(FFA History, Nov. 3, 2015). The FFA Creed was adopted by some delegated after the
official colors (FFA History, Nov. 3, 2015). Then the official dress with a blue
corduroy jacket was adopted in 1933 (National FFA Organization records, 1916
2008, Nov. 3, 2015). They got the idea of the blue corduroy jacket from the
Fredericktown FFA chapter in Ohio (National FFA Organization records, 1916 2008,
Nov. 3, 2015).
After the Future Farmers of America formed in 1928, a national organization for
the African American students started in Tuskegee, Ala by G.W. Owens and J.R.
Thomas (FFA History, Nov. 3, 2015). The organization was called the New
Farmers of America, or NFA (National FFA Organization records, 1916 2008, Nov.
3, 2015). The NFA and the FFA both had the same common beliefs (FFA History,
Nov. 3, 2015). Both of the Creeds had been written by E.M. Tiffany (National FFA
Organization records, 1916 2008, Nov. 3, 2015), and had a total of six paragraphs
(FFA History, Nov. 3, 2015). Every paragraph started with I believe (FFA History,
Nov. 3, 2015). There emblems had only one thing different was the outline shape
(FFA History, Nov. 3, 2015).