Description:
Task Force shall assist the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Foundation
1. Promote the identification, preservation, and conservation of historic sites significant to the history, presence, and contributions of formerly enslaved African Americans in Virginia;
2. Assess the extent to which students and the public are knowledgeable concerning African American history, the African slave trade, slavery in Virginia and America, and the vestiges of slavery in the Commonwealth and the nation;
3. Identify the contributions of African Americans to Virginia, the nation, and the world;
4. Inventory relevant African American historical sites, memorials, exhibits, and resources in the
Commonwealth and assess the potential economic impact of tourism and economic development
promotion relative to such sites;
5. Develop a register of historical sites significant to African American history in Virginia that
should be preserved and recommend options for preservation and ways to increase tourism revenues;
and
6. Develop and maintain a roster of volunteer historians, educators, businesses, organizations, and
speakers to act as resource persons for classroom teachers on African American history, the African
slave trade, American slavery, the impact of slavery on modern society, and the contributions of African Americans to Virginia and the nation.