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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: 118 Print image (39K) |
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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: 118 Print image (39K) |
| 109 famous black Americans who hail from 30 miles apart on the Eastern Shore — Douglass and Hariet Tubman. ..." Arney further reported that in 1983 Hughes worked on a survey of the Oella family farm of Benjamin Banneker - considered the first African American man of science. After the Maryland Historical Trust became involved following the finding of some artifacts, Baltimore County purchased 40 acres to preserve the site and today a $1.5 million museum has been built on that location to commemorate it. Mixed with such promising news about the growth potential of cultural tourism in Maryland, the Task Force finds some evidence to suggest that there is possibly an "equal opportunity problem." The problem seems associated with the following areas: (a) the appointment of African Americans to top administrative positions in public bureaus of tourism, (b) the devotion of adequate resources to sites primarily identified with African Americans, (c) the awarding of grants and/or contracts to businesses and institutions headed by African Americans, and (d) inadequate funding of new projects associated with slavery that need to compete with "established recipients" of state tourism funds. |