we have a copy of the original edition of regular frederick douglas's published novella. he was so captivated by madison washington's story that he penned a novella, frederick douglas's only work of fiction. frederick douglas was himself a former slave, who was a leading abolitionist voice in the 19th century, one of the most famous black intellectuals of that period. and in his novella, "the heroic slave, " he described madison washington as a freedom loving virginian akin to other freedom loving virginians namely george washington, thomas jefferson, patrick kennedy and other founding patrick mchenry, and other founding fathers. madison washington's story of revolt is a success story, unfortunately many attempts at slave revolt and the state, and other forms of resistance were not successful. that is because the entire system at the local state and national level was set up to preserve the institution of slavery. enslaved people and their allies who were trying to resist were fighting against insurmountable odds in many cases, and we see that in the example of dangerfiel

[roll call] >> i'd like to start this meeting by frederick douglas who said power concedes nothing without

we also have a copy of the original edition of frederick douglas' novella. he was so captured by the story, he penned a novella. this is his only work of fiction. douglas of course was himself a former slave who was a leading ab ligs voice in the decades in the 19th century. one of most famous black intellect uals of that period ad in his novella, the heroic slave, he describes madison washington as a freedom loving virginian akin to other freedom loving virginians like thomas jefferson, patrick henry and other founding fathers. now while madison washington's story of revolt is a success story, unfortunately, many attempts at escape were not successful because the entire system at the local state and national level was set up to preserve the constitution of slavery. at slave people and allies trying resist were really fighting against insurmountable odds. dangerfield newby was one of the small group of men who joined the radical abolitionist, john brown, for the arsenal at harper's ferry in 1859 and this raid was -- john brown and harper were not only going

[roll call] >> i'd like to start this meeting by frederick douglas who said power concedes nothing without a command. and it never >> members of the public are reminded a individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called and present it to our executive assistant. members of the public have two minutes to address the board and the time is set by the president. importantly according to board rules and pressures, speaker cards will not be accepted for an item already before the board. number two, superintendent's report. >> thank you. good evening, everyone. the san francisco unified school district is now providing childcare for the regular board meetings. [applause] it's beginning right now. [laughter] and space is limited and we'll be provided on a first-come-first serve basis for children age 3-10. childcare is provided from 6:00 to 9:00 in the educational placement center waiting room located here on the first floor right outside this door and down the hall. if you have any questions, you can contact ms. esther casco to the board of education at (415)241-6493 and chil

frederick douglas said, you have this exactly wrong. frederick douglass is completely self-taught by the way. he said you have this completely wrong. the constitution is an anti-slavery document. we are just not living up to the words in the constitution. which is exactly the same thing that dr. king said the night before he was killed in memphis, tennessee, when he was there. for the striking garbage workers, and he said i am here to force america to keep the promise you wrote down on the page. and in my mind frederick douglass and martin luther king are as much founders as the people who wrote the constitution. and the women, mostly that fought so my women would have the right to vote, they are founders as much as the men who wrote the constitution. and my mom and her grandparents i think are founders as well, and i think every single person in this room is one. you have to think about your responsibility as a citizen in a democratic republic as that elevated sense of responsibility. this place is going to rise or fall. it is going to

frederick douglas went to d.c. to talk to lincoln. dr.washington, d.c. hoping a president would do better. barack and michelle obama went to the white house. our entire strategy primarily focused on washington, d.c., and when we got to that corner of power, it turned out there were three others that we didn't know anything about. and if we're going to be honest, there's work left to be done in washington, d.c. and i am proud to be under the leadership and the -- to deal with that. to deal with the prison industrial kplikcomplex. i'm proud in washington, d.c. that bobby scott is bringing together conservatives and liberals to do something about incarceration. because conservatives believe in liberty and liberals believe in justice. our incarceration system denies liberty and justice to so many people. i love this brother and he is my leader. but, d.c., but d.c. is only one corner of a four-corner power system. if you leave washington, d.c. and get on the train and go north just a few hours, you are in new york city. wall street. finance. b

one of the more famous people who attends this, frederick douglas from rochester, new york, the only known black person there, although there are 12 people of whom we know nothing so there possibly were others. and what is interesting to me about this meeting is that even here, the issue of women voting was controversial because many of these women were quakers, and quaker by this opinion-thinking, the whole political system is corrupt. it supports slavery. it's -- why have anything to do with it? we should agitate outside politics but to participate in it is playing the devil's game and elizabeth katie stanton says, no, if you're not voting, you're not represented, and you have no guarantees, no ways of protecting your own station and your own rights, and i think she is guided to this by be fact her father was in politics politicsr husband was in polling ticks and she has been observing politics her entire life. she win the point. gets in the document. now, i religion skip ahead a lot of years -- i'll skip ahead a lot of years. obviously the civil war sucks up everyone's attention.

as a patriot, he joined frederick douglas and abolitionists to recruit black men to fight for the union and turn the tide of the civil war. as an educator, he helped establish howard university law school, the nation's first black law school and alma mater and two of virginia rights civil rights attorneys, thurgood marshall and oliver hill who have heard about as well as virginia's first african-american governor l. douglas wilder. langston served as the first president of what is today virginia state university in petersburg. langston was encouraged by both white and blacks to run for the u.s. house of representatives in 1888. initially it appeared he had lost. but he contested the results due to obvious voter intimidation and fraud. the u.s. house of representatives eventually declared him the winner and he took his seat on september 23rd, 1890 and was only able to serve the few remaining months in his term. he lost his bid for re-election, but he had already left an indelible mark on the cause of freedom. a portrait of john langston hangs in my office. a avilesible reminder of one of

frederick douglas and harriet tubman standing up to and slavery were founders also of a democratic republicople who set up at stonewall and said stop mistreating us because of who we love, they were founders to the process of founding a truly multiracial multiclass democratic republic. the toughest job taken on by any people in the world to have one country with every kind of human being ever born living within it. one country with every race, every faith, every gender presentation, every sexuality, every kind of human being ever born in one place living as a democracy as a democratic republic. a toughest challenge taken on by any people on earth. that challenge is a challenge that was taken on centuries ago and we will be working to develop it centuries from now. what that challenge means for us today is that you are a founder. you are a founder. the people on this stage are founding the republic that the bryson's of the world will live in and we have to take our charge in our time as seriously as the people before us did so that someday when we put our hands on our hearts, we will have a

before lincoln gives arguably one of the best beaches of his career and lincoln plainsong frederick douglass and douglas in his autobiography describes a man's eyes glazed over sort of stumbling with hatred and when you realize he's describing a drunk person, but that you don't realize andrew johnson is drunk but he goes to conclusions, one from he's no fan of my race and we should thank the heavens he isn't president of the united states and of course six weeks later of course when dennis killed from andrew johnson becomes president, his views are not trans warmed when he becomes president his views were transformed when the civil war is over and all of a sudden, you know, the best thing from his perspective for the union is to get the southern elected officials reintegrated back into congress and let the states deal with civil rights and so forth. he goes back to what he thinks are the best tactics. what is interesting about johnson is of course, he has a plot to kill him not just link in the andrew johnson, secretary of state and many others. the first time the cabinet sees andrew johnson after the d