New Jersey § 18a:35-4

§ 18a:35-4.

The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Since the days of slavery, public school curricula have consistently omitted or

misrepresented the history of African Americans. b. To correct these omissions, all public schools in the State of New Jersey should

include instruction that infuses into all courses on the United States, the centuries

of contributions and accomplishments by African Americans in the building and development

of America. c. The Amistad Commission, created pursuant to P.L.2002, c. 75 ( C.52:16A-86 et seq. ), is responsible for designing and promoting the implementation of education and

awareness programs in New Jersey concerned with slavery in America and the contributions

of African Americans, and for developing curriculum guidelines for the teaching of

this information. The Amistad Commission is an ideal agency to recommend curricular materials to school

districts.