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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: 144 Print image (37K) |
| 135 barriers to educational opportunities are being erected and equal opportunity doors are being closed. Without doubt, I would strongly urge this Task Force to critically review the "Black Saga Competition." I am sure that you will come up with the same findings that schools in Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, Anne Arundel, and Baltimore Counties have found-the "Black Saga Competition" does more than teach African American history; it teaches character; it builds long-term and fruitful learning bridges across races; it helps students connect with the past; and it builds family and community. [Excerpt from Written Submission of Ms Pamela F. Charshee, Executive Director, The Carroll Park Foundation, CPF] In the 1820s, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote one of the great books of modern times, Democracy in America He wrote about the incompatibility of the institution of slavery within a nation which had just had a revolution over issues of individual liberty and freedom. Presciently, de Tocqueville wrote that inequalities because of race would be the cause of unending strife, and could ultimately cause the demise of this new experiment in freedom. De |