List of Committee Members
Cesar Perales - Secretary of State
John P. King - Commissioner of Education
Nancy L. Zimpher - SUNY Chancellor
| Robert Balachandran |
| Harold Bellinger |
| Nuriyah Angela Marie Boné-Owens |
| David Byer-Tyre |
| Lisa Catalfamo |
| Jonathan Cornue |
| Julius D. Edwards |
| Sylvia Wong Lewis |
| Robert V. Lloyd |
| Jacqueline Musiitwa, Esq. |
| Enid Schildkrout |
| Mary Theresa Streck |
The Commission
In 2005, New York’s Legislature created an Amistad Commission to review state curriculum regarding the slave trade. All people should know of and remember the human carnage and dehumanizing atrocities committed during the period of the African slave trade and slavery in America and consider the vestiges of slavery in this country. It is vital to educate our citizens on these events, the legacy of slavery, the sad history of racism in this country, and on the principles of human rights and dignity in a civilized society.
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New York Arts and Cultural Affairs Law, Article 57B (57.51-57.54) The Amistad Commission
