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

we did not agree in the end with the booker t. washington debate by you took the reins to work with community leaders and neighbors. i respected that and we did not agree in the end but i respected the way you work together and it has been a great experience with you so far and i wish you all the best of look and look forward to working together for years to come. supervisor chu: i find myself not quite knowing what to do in budget. with you gone, it will be a big change. you can to sail lot and i tend to say almost nothing. -- tend to say a lot and i tend to say almost nothing. i want to thank you for really being a great committee member and for being a great supervisor. i can see how you connect with your residents and that is something we can all learn from and that has been said many times. in particular, my experience working with you in this budget year has been wonderful. you have exhibited an ability to understand budget issues and get to how it is we can pass the budget. i want to thank you, the work you did to make sure we had the

eastern neighborhoods, market and ocktavia plans, along -- octavia plan, along with japantown, booker t. washington, bird safe building protections and other issues. i tried to continue to support issues that -- and development that encourages economic and racial diversity in the city. i have an intense interest in small scale manufacturing, the viability of commercial corridors, something that i believe is very important to district five. we have upper haight, lower haight, the fillmore, inner sunset. so i believe that small business viability something that's very critical to job creation and retention in district five. and obviously other districts in the city. i hope to work with supervisor mar on some of the legislation that makes it easier for small businesses to survive here in san francisco. some of the issues that i'd hoped to prioritize, in the western edition for the past couple of years we've seen a transition from the western edition as a redevelopment area. i know that we will see the disillusion of that agency period but to one that fell into the planning department. so i'm hoping to

[laughter] i am on the board of directors of the booker t. washington center. and our community is very excited about the nomination of naomi kelly. as a native san franciscan at the grew up in this town also, to see a woman and an african- american woman rise to the level of being the chief administrative officer of the city is just huge. it is not just huge for the african-american community. it is huge for the city as a whole. she is, i think, more than qualified for the position. i hope you approve this nomination. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you, mr. griffin. >> good afternoon, supervisors, and happy new year's to those of you have not seen it. i am dr. annette shelton, vice president of the san francisco branch naacp. i am a member of the ingleside community. as a member of the ingleside community and a business owner, having a business in that area 40 years, i am here to ask you to confirm naomi kelly as city administrator. naomi kelly has proven that she is an asset to the city and county of san francisco, and i know she will continue to do so. so

. >> booker t. washington, one of our schools, was built in 1895. >> uh-huh. >> so what you want to talk about old, we can give you old. >> the state of the buildings, they're all old. keith, i saw you with somebody, talking about a building that was built way back in the 1970s. [ laughter ] we called that a modern building. we called that recently constructed. so i do appreciate what you're doing. >> reporter: while the board of public works distributes the money, it's the general assembly that is being asked to do the upgrades. >> reporter: and the first year of the alcohol tax, $47 million of that tax hike collected will go to school construction. i'm pat warren, reporting live, now back to you. >> all right, pat. thank you. as pat mentioned, the state has spent more than a quarter billion dollars in school construction in the past five years. >>> still to come tonight. final farewell. hear from those making a trip to state college. >>> daring rescue. the amazing efforts to free a man, trapped deep inside a

booker t. washington, it was because he had white sponsors. >> catherine redd-pell.xt week? >> what should we know? i would say the most important thing is that there are 6 million people who are long-term unemployed. we are at an all-time high in average number of weeks of duration for the typical unemployed person. 41 weeks. it's not been that high since 1948 when we first started keeping track. i want to see obama talk in his state of the union speech how we keep those workers attached to the economy and attached to the labor force. the longer somebody is out of work the harder it is for them to get back. >> the degree of human capital. we're reentering the labor force. i mean, even just obvious and mundane things. the software you were able to use expertly 18 months ago. it's a different version of that software. >> it's not only technical skills. it's also your social network. if you're in sales, for example, you lose your clients. you basically are lost from the position you held in the economy. and if you don't think unemployment is structural now, the risk of

booker t. washington >>> i'm a real broadcasting professional, what should folks now. >> my parents will be happy. >> i'm sorry. mr. and mrs. rampell. >> what should we know? i would say that the most important thing is that there are 6 million people long-term unemployed. we are at an all-time high in average number of weeks of duration for the typical unemployed person, 41 weeks. it's never been that high since 1948 when we started keeping track. i really want to see obama talk a little bit in his state of the union speech about how we keep those workers attached to the economy and attached to the labor force. the longer somebody is out of work, the harder it is for them to get back in. >> the degree of human capital. it degrades where it's more and more difficult. obvious and mundane innings. software changes. the software that you were able to use expertly 18 months ago, after 18 months it's a different version of that software and you have to be reintegrated. >> it's also your social network. if you'

washington wizards are almost there. tonight they had a chance at home to get off the slide with the t-wolves. early 1st quarter trevor booker to vesley, made one hoop we thought we'd show it to you, played nine minutes. later in the 1st half ricky rubio, derrick williams finishes. t-wolves led by 14 at the half. 2nd half wizards down 10, inbound to john wall. this is the weird thing with wall. you get great stuff like this. wall had 10 points, only shot three of 10, though. t-wolves had it going from long distance. derek william four of the team's -- williams for the team's 10 three. the good of wall, this is the bad of wall when he jumps in the air and makes a bad pass, too many turnovers. kevin love the other way, he had 20 points. wizards defeated by minnesota 93-72 and fall to 0-8. lindsay murphy with more on the lynnless wizards. the winless wizards. reporter: flip saunders said after the game i can't give 82 rocky speeches after -- he can't give 82 rocky speeches for the season. so far the speeches aren't working and the wizards are running out of things to say. >> disappointment, embarrassment. i don't know if words