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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: 135 Print image (31K) |
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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: 135 Print image (31K) |
| 126 Mr. Fields: In the year 2000 the NAACP will hold its national conference here. The point is that we need to get ready. [Senator Rlount: You need to move quickly on this if your request is going to he a part of this budget. If yon do not get it this year, Mr. Chairman., you may not get it for the next decade Maryland has plenty of money now. Tf we can't increase this department's hndgef3 then there is something wrong.] [Dr. Iris Ford: T am wondering about the link between history that is taught in a formal educational situation and giving tourism promotion some money. I believe that if we are going to he really successful with history it needs to transcend the wall of the local schools. Tf we do not give tourist people like Mr. Fields mnney; I do not see history as broadening and becoming a part of American life.] Recommendation The Task Force recommends establishment of a commission to work cooperatively with private and public tourist agencies and |