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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: 126 Print image (38K) |
| 1 17 financial impact to create new jobs and tell our story at the same time? State tourism agencies are saying they do not have enough money to target a particular niche. We have suggested that since African Americans make up 26% of the population of Maryland they should allot 26% of what they are already spending on tourism to support black tourism sites. The Task Force [or its successor] should investigate where the money is going and what is being given back to the African American community. In Maryland there are twenty-four jurisdictions, including the counties and Baltimore City, but no jurisdiction has had an African American to head the tourism department, except for Baltimore City. The State Office of Tourism is even worse; there are few African Americans in positions of authority in the various departments. State Tourism asked me to make a list of African Americans to talk about African American tourism. Out of the group we formed, a statewide partnership for tourism initiatives was formed about a year ago. Since then, we have had many conversations with officials; yet, the new budget going to the Governor does not include a fair percentage targeted |