Let me just say that I dealt with three areas, Bobby Scott, Danny Davis and our brain trust on education. Then I had the Head Start part. Then we had two other workshops and brain trusts, one, "We Don't Do February." And that is about integrating African American history into the regular curriculum so that when we hear about Patrick Henry and Nathan Hale, we will hear about Crispus Attucks and Peter Salem. When we hear about the Rough Riders, we will know about the Buffalo Soldiers. So the Amistad Committee of New Jersey is integrating African history into the regular textbooks.
Donald M. Payne: “Let me just say that I dealt with three areas, Bobby Scott, Danny Davis and our brain trust on education. Then I had the…”
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Discussing the integration of African American history into educational curricula.
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