supervisor farrell also did not support the booker t. washington project. so if you take his letter that was given to us earlier, i think the way it's worded, you could slip that and apply it to booker t. so it's not surprising to me that district supervisor is not supporting this project. as far as space, i think -- i can't remember whether it was commissioner moore or commissioner miguel was speaking about the fact that it's always interesting to me, we get testimony from people who think that certain facilities aren't adequate and that kind of thing. and i think, again, we have to trust the project sponsors who have a lot more experience in knowing the kind of facilities and the architect who has also worked on many, many affordable housing and group housing projects, to kind of know what they're doing. i, myself, and my wife, if it's 200 square feet average on this, our average per person in the unit that we live in is 330. so it isn't that much more space, and i think we're maybe a little crowded. but, of course, we don't throw things away. so it would

from then on, he never had an african-american over for social occasions, but did have booker t. washington over for a device, but only in a business setting. >> i would just like to remind everyone that the book is "family of freedom, presidents and african-americans in the white house" by kenneth walsh. george wilson, you get the last question. >> we have talked about everything except the culinary side. were there any black chefs that stuck out? >> there was a shaft that george washington said hu -- shaft that george washington had. a lot of the early presidents like french cooking. there was a pattern that once they were trained, a lot of them escaped, and they did not come back. jefferson had the same thing happen. he had them trained, brought some of them to france, and this person also left. he bought his freedom. jarvis and asked would you come back and work for me, and he said it now -- jefferson? would you come back and work for me, and he said no. this was an important vehicle. >> kenneth walsh, i am so glad you did this book. you worked brilliantly at it. we would lik

all i want to say is please, to booker t. and the surrounding community, to do the best they can to make sure that does remain a community asset, which is part of the spirit of why i wanted to also help champion this particular legislation. thank you. supervisor chiu: colleagues, roll call vote. >> mar aye. mirkarimi aye. wiener aye. avalos aye. campos aye. chiu aye. chu aye. -- chu no. cohen aye. elsbernd aye. farrell no. kim aye. 9 ayes. two no. supervisor chiu: these ordinances are finally passed. 39 through 41. >> 39 is an ordinance amending the general plan by amending the executive park subarea plan of the bayview hunters point area plan. 40, ordinance amending the planning code to establish the executive park special use district and establish permit review procedures. item 41 is an ordinance amending the zoning map regarding the executive park sub-areas plan. supervisor cohen: good afternoon, colleagues. has been long in the works, the proposed the second part plan and the amendments will ultimately complete the trans

he worked his way through booker t. washington high school and went on to study at lincoln pennsylvania university. when lincoln began a program to train civilian pilots buchanan was not far back in the line of students who went to sign up. it was so exciting because there was something new every day. i don't care who you were there was always something you didn't know about flying and the whole world. he dropped out of college before his junior year to earn money. a friend in atlanta and let him know about tuskegee airfield. the military base under construction at day's driveway in tuskegee, alabama. they instituted training civilian pilots, a primary flight training base that operated under contract for the army air corps. now the war department was building from scratch on the outskirts of town. the idea of building an air base in treat him. he found a job at taft and are carpenter's apprentice and as soon as he got to tuskegee he learned about training black instructor pilots. he used the skills he learned in civili

. >> host: what was his relationship, professor, with booker t. washington? >> guest: that's an important theme in the book and something talked about at great length in the literature. also important motif when one thinks about that, the history of both, again, agent vism and -- act activism and african-american thought. washington, of course, was the most prominent, most influential african-american political force at the time du bois is writing which is why du bois thought he needed to take washington on and subject washington's thought to critique so i mean, to summarize, i mean, washington thought that african-american social thought progress really required that african-americans develop the virtues appropriate to succeed in the market place and put aside the struggle for political rights. du bois responds by saying you can't put aside the struggle for civil rights, and in essence du bois is arguing against washington that there will be no success on capital place if african-americans don't win civil and political rights. you can't separate the two agen

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 sys

40 units of housing for young adults with severe mental health problems, and we're also doing the booker t. washington project, which you all are very familiar with. we have two other projects that did not come to us for funding through that notice that we're also funding. so that's kind of the general context. so in terms of the costs, yes, it's an expensive project. small buildings are always more expensive. there are a lot of fixed costs when you buy a building that do not move, whether you have 100 units or 20 units. so we recognize that, but we were guided by the work of the transition youth task force which told us that big projects don't really work for this population. so we really did intend to support projects that were smaller and more suitable for young adults. the proposal that's been put forth today to reduce the number of units would make this expensive project more expensive in a number of ways. and without boring you too much, i'll just explain a couple of aspects of that. first of all, they've already secured about $4 million in funding from the state. for this project. w

. >> what was his relationship, professor, with booker t. washington?>> well, that, of course, is an important theme of the book and something that, you know, has been talked about at great length in the literature, and also an important motif when one thinks about the history of both, again, activism and african-american political thought. du bois devotes an entire chapter to washington. washington, of course, was the most prom knelt, the most influential african-american political force at the time. but -- and which is why du bois felt he needed to take washington on and summit washington's thought -- subject washington's thought to critique. so, i mean, to summarize, washington thought that african-american social thought progress really required that african-americans develop the virtues appropriate to succeed in a capitalist marketplace and that they could put aside the struggle for civil and political rights. du bois responds by saying, well, no, you can't put aside the struggle for political right. and in essence, du bois argues against washingto

booker t and trish stratus, if they're listening to me, thank you so much. they did a great job. never been in a ring before in her life. some of the kids had eight, nine, ten years experience. well, what we did was show them what it takes to be successful in wwe. each week, i get my bottom three in the ring and go through my elimination process. and the winner of the contest gets a contract with wwe. so this could be the start of something big for one of these kids. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> so i make it real on them. i make it rough on them. the name of the show is "tough enough." and if they're gonna go through me, i'm gonna make sure they pay their dues on their way up to getting that contract. >> jimmy: that's what i'm talking about, so yeah -- >> and that's the bottom line -- >> audience: 'cause "stone cold" said so! >> thank you very much. >> jimmy: i mean, people get bloody. they get their teeth knocked out and all this stuff. >> yeah, accidents happen. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, my god. >> accidents happen in the name of entertainment. >> jimmy: that's a rough -- it's a r

. >> what was his relationship to my professor, with booker t. washington?>> that of course is an important theme of the book and something talked about at great length in the literature. also an important motive. when one thinks about the history, again, activists and and political. >> du bois devotes an entire chapter. washington was the most prominent and influential african-american political force at the time of writing. , which is why he thought he needed to take washington on in subject washington thought to critique. so to summarize -- washington thought that and social progress really thought that african-americans were appropriate to succeed in the marketplace and they could put aside the political legs. du bois responds by when you put in a sense argues against washington that there will be no success if african-americans don't wince development political legs. he can't separate these two agendas. there is a deeper issue and that's often a toy. and that is the issue related to struggle struggle over the leadership. you know, what lead is going to

coming after a president who had entertained booker t. washington, here comes the intellectual who is literally rigid. how do you explain that? >> guest: woodrow wilson's roots were in virginia, from the south. he had president of princeton and governor of new jersey. he was never interested in equality. when he was elected, there was high hopes that he would do things different lip. he didn't. he was swayed by some of the southern cabinet members and resegregated washington. in the government and so on. and even though again this fundamental contradiction of our deals and his ideals, he was the guy who talked about equality among the nations and about these freedoms of around the world that he was trying to promote after world war i. yet at home, he just didn't see that that was a tremendous hypocrisy and contradiction to what he was trying to do around the world. trying to protect small fashions sort of minority of nations. he just didn't understand these things. and this segregation of washington is really a blog on his record that i t

and very, very harsh coming after a president who had entertained booker t. washington, here comes this intellectual who literally is rigid. how do you explain that? >> guest: well, woodrow wilson's roots were in virginia in the south. he had been the governor of new jersey and the president of princeton but he was -- thought of himself as a virginia gentleman in the context of those times. and was never really interested in equality. when he was elected there was high hopes for him in the african-american community that he would do some things differently. but he didn't. he sort of was swayed by some of the cabinet members around him and he actually resegregated washington in the government and so on. and even though again this fundamental contradiction of our ideals and his ideals he was the guy who talked about, you know, equality among nations and about these freedoms around the world that he was trying to promote after world war i. and yet at home he just didn't see that that was a tremendous hypocrisy and contradiction to what he was trying to do around