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____2.    Findings  Relevant to  Education____
The Task Force to Study the History and Legacy of Slavery in Maryland finds  that  from the  primary  level  of formal  education continuing through education at the level  of the college and university,  there needs  to  be new and creative thinking  about how the part of Maryland life that it was mandated to study is being presented.    This should not merely be seen as an option for education but  rather as  an obligation that is owed to all Marylanders of all racial and ethnic backgrounds.     As reflected in the testimony and written submissions which follow, the Task Force is able to report that some exciting  initiatives along this  line are underway, however,  such  initiatives  do  not presently blanket the  State nor do they uniformly receive the kind of support at the  State level that they   deserve.
[Testimony  from  Dr.   Judith   Smith,   Supervisor Office of Humanities, Baltimore City Public  School  System]
The premise of this report to the Task Force is grounded in two statements made by W.E.B. DuBois: