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show that almost 300 slaves were freed in Worcester County alone. There is no record of it in any history book.    Even on the college level, it isn't there.    Our students don't know, and even some of our teachers don't know.    I am not talking about on the elementary level.     Our teachers  don't understand the  implications  of slavery. They don't understand the legacy of slavery.    I happen to be the only African American woman in my department.     Since  1977 I have been the only African American woman in my History Department.    I need help to teach all of these classes.    What I am saying is that they do not understand.    There is a legacy of racism and that legacy continues on a daily basis.
[Senator   Roy   Dyson's   observed   that   the   history   hooks   definitely needed  to   he  rewritten   and  noted  that   Dr    Judith   Smith   earlier suggested  that   African   American   history  needed   to   he   part   of the entire  curriculum   rather  than   separated  out  the  way  it  was   when   he took  a  course  on   the  subject  at  Montgomery  Junior College.     He asked Dr.  Small  her view on this.    Also, he asked her what she would do  to  rewrite  the   history  hooks   and  tn   inform   the   Task   Force  what could  he   done  to   enhance  the  popularity  of history  as   a  discipline ]