bringing it more into the presence because booker t. washington and julius rosenwald who were both extraordinarily well known during their lifetimes have been somewhat eclipsed in recent years. washington in particular has seen his reputation slide. he has been charged with being an accommodationist, being unwilling to place higher aspirations for african americans pressing the restrictions on what they could accomplish. and what i felt in my study was quite the opposite. he and rosenwald together made a rather significant contribution to the time that led the way to the civil rights movement. booker t. washington, many of you probably remember, was born not too far from here on a small family farm, as late as a child. and then was educated at hampton university, hampton institute as it was then. he traveled down so alabama where he was invited to be the founding principle of the steel institute as it was then. tuskegee was created on the model of hampton as a school to educate teachers at the end of slavery, of course, education was very much nee

supervisor olague: at booker t. washington, and other groups have reached out to our office recently, around some of their day camps and this type of programming. i just want to make sure the children, especially the children that live in some of the adjacent public housing facilities, are really having the resources provided to them that they need to have a fulfilled -- you know, a summer that is going to provide them with, you know, some recreation. supervisorlaxities see why it ao provides work force and development and career exposure year round, but we are expanding our summer job opportunities for young people but will provide approximately 1500 summer jobs for young people commo, and i tk most people know about the largest program as well as the job fair placed with in city government and a partnership we have this rec and park department. the mayor on failed s summer jobs plus, and this came after -- the mayor unveiled summer jobs plus, and this was to hire more young people, to give them an experience during the summe

and her staff considered the public outcry over president teddy roosevelt's invitation to booker t. washington to the white house. so it was decided that rather than having one large tea for everyone, first lady hoover would have several teas. they had five in all. at the first four, there were approximately 180 to 200 persons in attendance. then the final tea of 15 persons was the one in which mrs. depriest was invited. there were several different lists of drafts of guests who were to come, and the final draft shows mrs. hoover's sister, her secretaries, supporters of her husband's from different representatives. an invitation was sent to mrs. depriest on june 5th, the date of the fourth tea. it was emphasized to be very confidential about this and to caution the messenger from refraining giving any information about it. the event was pleasant and held in the green room of the white house. however, afterwards there was a storm of criticism in the press mostly from the south and also some state legislatures issued resolutions of condemnation. for today there are 1,000 letters on file for mrs.

only two names were in the encyclopedia, and that was booker t. washington and george washington carver, but she lectured about the contribution of frederick douglass, w.e.b. dubois, and how jackie robinson had broken the baseball barrier. and we remembered the opera singer who was not allowed to sing in the hall and had to sing in lincoln center. all the discrimination and the local in justices. like, everything was separate and unequal. the school was inadequate. we could not go to the hospitals. they built a house adjacent to the main hospital. the white people were not supposed to be in the same room with an n-person. you know the n-word? i said to myself at the end of the day that i love my country and i'm glad that that day, i took a stand. i saw through the supreme court that the flaws that america had tried to correct them by removing those horrible signs -- "white" and "colored." i said when i testified at the trial, i went through how we were treated, and the lady dramatize it, so i do not have to go through that, but it is the whole system of sepa

supervisor olague: at booker t. washingtond other groups have reached out to our office recently, around some of their day camps and this type of programming. i just want to make sure the children, especially the children that live in some of the adjacent public housing facilities,

first time an african american was a guest at the white house since teddy roosevelt hosted booker t. washington nearly 30 years earlier. >>> welcome back from lunch, everyone. we're going to continue the exploration of american -- african-american life and labor on la fayette square. as we've learned this morning, many workers did not enter this country or service at the white house or la fayette square voluntarily. most of our southern presidents who held office before 1860, including thomas jefferson, james madison, james monroe, andrew jackson, john tyler, james polk, owned slaves and brought them to the white house from their plantations in the south. until 1862 when slavery was abolish abolished, slaved worked alongside paid black and european servants. for most of the 19th century, the structure of the white house staff remained generally the same. at the top was a stewart, a federal employee, who was bondeded. the congress created this position to safe guard the silver and furnishings in the white house. the stewart was on the government payroll. he functioned as a manager of the house.

booker t. washington once said there are two ways to use strength. one to push down and the other to pull up. i want the president to continue to use his power to pull up the middle class in this nation, to pull up the women in this nation and pull up the working class in this nation. as long as he continues to go strong and hard, the president will have the support. a lot of people were born at night and they weren't born last night. it's not lost on anybody that this right wing excessive elected officials that are trying to take women back to the dark ages and make us second class citizens, we're not going to take it. i want the president to know we got his back in ohio. >> all right. great to have both you have with us tonight. i said you're two of my favorites. i think the audience knows why now. >> we love you too. >> we love you. >> i love you back. remember to answer tonight's question there. share your thoughts on twitter. >>> coming up, today's job report was weaker than expected. it was very positive and republicans just couldn't wait to bl