Thanks for stopping by Window on Delmarva’s Post. It is interesting how much was left out of the history books and how much wasn’t taught, isn’t it.

Even now you never read much on young men that go to school and graduate and become great people. even living here in Europe they tv still shows old slave movies and cartoons like 5Uncle Tom’s Cabin ) any black man you see mostly on tv is a Ball Player, Rapper or Drug Dealer. yet to see any thing on middle class black america. and so on!

Education of Blacks in America: Do Facts Matter? Part II
by Thomas Sowell ( Go to this web site to read this article )
The history of the education of blacks
http://capmag.com/article.asp?id=1189
in America has become politicized to the point where it is barely recognizable as history, rather than as an arsenal of horror stories to be used in the political wars of today. Many of these horror stories are true, even if increasingly dated, but there is an almost complete disregard of other important aspects of the history of black education that are also true.

During the era of slavery, it was illegal to teach slaves to read and write, throughout the Western Hemisphere. In parts of the antebellum South, it was also illegal for free blacks to be educated, and there was no provision for them to be educated in much of the North. Yet the census of 1850 showed that more than half of the 500,000 free blacks were able to read and write.
But for anyone who is serious about wanting to see black youngsters get a better education, the story of what works and what doesn’t work is more important than what is fashionable and not fashionable in the education establishment, or what is or is not considered politically correct among the intelligentsia, politicians, the education establishment or the media.

The real question is: How many people are serious about improving the education of black youngsters, as distinguished from advancing the many other agendas that stand in the way of that improvement?
One Love!
Fat Cat Hackett

I remember your father, but I was just a teenager in those days. I do very well remember how he was a change age. Generally the sheriffs prior to him, didn’t have too much professional law enforcement experience so as I recall, he sat out right away to professionalize the agency in those challenging times for lawmen on the Shore.

And the resources were so limitied in those days. Even getting the cars for the deputies to patrol in took a lot of effort on his part since some of the county commimssioners were oposed to get patrol cars for the small force. One of them said “If we get cars for those deputies, they’ll just start driving all over the place!”

I ran across a few other pictures of him, doing something while Sheriff at an auction the other day. I’ll try to scan a couple and get them up so you can see them.

Thanks for posting. Just in the two short hours that I was fortunate to spend with him, I could see what you’re talking about. I found his experiences really interesting. I could also clearly see that the people of Crisfield were well served by a dedicated public servant

Funny thing about the interview though. While we talked about his law enforcement experience thoroughly and he clearly described what policing was like in Crisfield, MD for almost a half-a-century, he never mentioned that he was the chief of the Crisfield Police Department. I walked away thinking that he’d served them as a supervisor of some sort, perhaps a Sgt. or LT. But I don’t think he even suggested that, it was just my impression. When I got around to looking at some town records is when it dawned on me how long he’d served as the town as its chief lawman.

I was very fortunate to have meet Chief Carmine. You don’t find many public servants of that caliber and dedication too often.

I do these things often, but Chief Carmine’s interview is one I’ll remember for a long time.

Mike