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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 62 Print image (34K) |
| 53 should be integrated because African Americans lived and died in more than just February. History is all around us. We've got to preserve the memories around us. There was a man interviewed on the Eastern Shore. He's 103 years old. His history is not written. It's not recognized. His memories are about things in the past that most people have forgotten. As long as you believe history is old and dead you will get nowhere. [Senator Roy Dyson asked Dr. Clara T,. Small if we need to get to the "Teacher Schools" to change what is happening there.] Yes, because they are in charge of teaching education. If they know nothing about it, how can they emphasize it and be able to teach it to their students. I even taught a class at night just to work with some students who were teachers, and I found that even teachers did not know. There was a teacher that gave a presentation she thought was fantastic on the Brown decision. I asked her why was it important for Linda Brown or her father to start the case. She replied " Who is Linda Brown?" Then I asked her the significance of |