i am matthew thomas, president of the san francisco african-american chamber of commerce. i am not anti-p.l.a. i just want the best in california. i recommend we adopt the 2009 report on african-american out-migration. the souper visor mentioned that the issue of out migration is added as an amendment to this proposed agreement. however, it has no specifics whatsoever. what we suggest and as the report states, the african-american out-migration task force was not convened to produce the report. it was to develop action recommendations to be implemented by the city not just to slow out-migration but to reverse that three decade trend. supervisor fewer mentioned the school district p.l.a. it had a lot of room for improvement. as you know may 7 of this year the black human rights leadership counsel filed the administrative complaint with the department of justice regarding the school district p.l.a. african-american owned businesses are shut out of contracting opportunities by the district. the council claims the district does this by bundling small related contracts into one

captain thomas preston, who led a detachment of soldiers to help defend the century against the crowd. private hugh white, a century. johnral william whims, carroll, james hartigan, matthew kilroy, liam mccauley, hugh montgomery and william morean. initially everyone expected them to be tried quickly. seven and a half months elapse before preston's trial. after another month, the eight soldiers went to trial. they were largely forgotten today. there were two more trials after that. the first consider charges against four men accused of firing from the customhouse window. a 14-year-old servant boy was tried and convicted of perjury. in the interest of time i will focus only on the second trial, for one of the eight soldiers. in the present day two names are indelibly associated with the boston massacre, john adams and christmas attics. crispustmas attics -- att -- it diverted the first -- if the vote of the first episode to the trial. for most people, the only identifiable name on the list, widely remembered as the first african-american martyr of the american revolution, he is commonly presented today as a patriot hero in children's literature and textbooks. the trials o

thomas preston who led the soldiers from the guardhouse to the customhouse to defend the century against the crowd, private hugh white, corporal william webb and private john carroll, james harden, matthew kilroy, william mccauley, hugh montgomery, and william morris. initially everyone expected them to be tried quickly but seven and the humps -- seven and half months to trial. they were largely forgotten with two more trial after that. first consider charges against four men accused from the customhouse window when they were acquitted principal witness against them a 14-year- old service boy was tried and convicted of perjury. the book considers four of those trials in interest of time i will focus here only on the second trial of the eighth soldier. >> in the present day two names are indelibly associated with the boston massacre, john adams and chris maddox. adams boston's most famous revolutionary defender disorders defended the soldiers in a case more familiar now since the miniseries on john adams devoted the first episode to the boston massacre and its aftermath. a sailor of mixed heritage is best known as one of the massacres victims. the only identifiable name on the list. wide