Task Force to Study the History and Legacy of Slavery in Maryland Stefan Goodwin, Ph.D., Chair Department of Sociology-Anthropology Morgan State University and Commission on African American History and Culture Honorable Emmett Bums, Ph.D., Vice Chair House of Delegates, Legislative District 10 Honorable Joanne Benson House of Delegates, Legislative District 24 Honorable Clarence Blount Majority Leader of the Senate, Legislative District 41 Honorable Roy P. Dyson Senate, Legislative District 29 Iris Carter Ford, Ph.D. Division History and Social Sciences St. Mary's College Sharon Harley, Ph.D. Director, Afro-American Studies Department University of Maryland College Park Elmer P. Martin, Jr. Ph.D. Department of Social Work, Morgan State University and Co-Founder of the Great Blacks in Wax Museum Jessie Cottman Smith Dean of Library Services (Retired) University of Maryland Eastern Shore Evelyn W. Townsend President of the Harriet Tubman Organization &•• John T. Willis, Secretary of State Dawn Flythe, Director of Community and Intergovernmental Relations (Designee)