2007 House Bill 4886: Mandate African history course components

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Introduced by Rep. Brenda Clack (D) on June 7, 2007, to require that if a school district teaches African history in an elementary grade, the course content must be focused on one or more of the kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, Songhay, Benin, Bornu, Nubia, Axum, Meroe, Medieval Ethiopia, or the Swahili Coast.
- Referred to the House Education Committee on June 7, 2007.
  - Reported in the House on February 26, 2008, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
- Substitute offered in the House on February 28, 2008.
Passed 104 to 0 in the House on February 28, 2008.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Received in the Senate on March 4, 2008.
- Referred to the Senate Education Committee on March 4, 2008.

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1) Maybe You Can Try by Anonymous Citizen on March 4, 2008
driving over a bridge made by african workers out of bamboo twigs. Let me know how that works out for you.
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2) africa is a primitive by Anonymous Citizen on March 3, 2008
savage place.

people are being killed daily in hundreds of 'little wars'. every tin horn dictator who is worth the title has a little fiefdom set up there.

every country we oppose recruits there.

every evil empire that exists on the planet has a stake in the carnage.

yes, they STILL sell slaves there. white and black.

yes, they STILL have starving masses.

yes, they STILL have diseases such as the plague.

no, they DON'T have a lot of freedom.

no, they DON'T have a lot of education.

but they DO have one of the few diamond mines in the world. manned by illegal indigent day laborers who DON'T happen to speak spanish.

they have very little oil, and even fewer big cities that need it. they have thrown off the 'yoke of imperialism' only to take on the 'yoke of communism'. they have always embraced muslim philosophy (kill the infidel) but have only recently started moving off shore.

so, what lessons can we learn from africa?

don't do what they do.
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3) i'm not sure i want to by Anonymous Citizen on March 3, 2008
drive across a bridge engineered by a person who uses algebra to figure 'loads, ratios, whatever'.

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