he calls harriet tubman a underperforming school. students will be sent to three other schools, spreading out the population. many students and parents are anxious about the change. we have talked to one woman who sent five kids and seven grandkids to harriet tubman. >> they would come here and i would give them a meal, or a drink of water. i talked to the parents about this. tried to make things better for the children. >> reporter: certainly a lot of changes in this neighborhood, and many others across baltimore. lamel middle school also closed this summer. some parents fear moving wallbrook closer to douglas high will create more violence, because of gang activity. it's hard to cover all the changes in one report. i want to direct you to our website, abc2news.com if you want to read more about the reorganization plan before tomorrow's school opening. >>> a teenager from elkridge has died after being struck by a suspected drunk driving. 16-year-old benjamin wort man was hit and killed. the suspect is freed on $100,000 bond. he is c

look, the old famous saying about harriet tubman, who had to explain to slaves that they were slaves. some of them thought they were doing all right. she had to use a pistol to move these people. >> you have some young people, in fact, who feel they get status by going to prison. they get status by shooting someone. they get status by exploiting women and seeing them as sexual objects. flip-flop the values. &engage in a lot of self-destructive behavior. >> you can stand and argue with me all you want about who unck i am, therefore, you're not going to pay attention to me. but i'm telling you where the road -- the bridge is out, the road is out and where there are problems. and guess what, you know it. somebody's got to yell in your face. get up and move. >> the economic's passion was evident during a break in taping. he told of a story that he said showed the misguided notion of what black america should really focus on. >> let me tell you something, in the morgue, they don't put in the newspaper who died of an od unless it's a famous person. but trust me, there are more dead people i

look, the old famous saying about harriet tubman, who had to explain to slaves that they were slaves.ht they were doing all right. and she had to use a pistol to move these people. i can look people in the face and hear somebody tell me, to my face, well, you didn't do anything during the time of the civil rights march and the so forth and so on. and i can feel very, very comfortable, man, looking at that person and saying, okay, well, what are you going to do about today? because you're trying to use and make excuses. they tried everything. and they're trying everything. well, these conservatives and these whites, hey, man, you have your heroes. but some of your heroes are preaching things, and you're listening to them. it was not bill cosby who said, let's party and let's not protect our children. let's get up and dance to certain words. let's -- let's talk about our black women. bill cosby has issues, well, he's this and he's that. okay, so what if he has? but i'm telling you where the road is out. now, you can stand there and argue with me all you want to who you think i am. there

dozens of volunteers planted and pruned gardens outside the harriet tubman elementary school in the northwest. school official say they're confident everything will be ready when the school opens on monday. >> the possibilities are now unlimited. and we just have to be so grateful. >>> coming up on abc 7 news news at 11:00, the "extreme makeover home edition" team rolls into the area. and the design team is taking on more than one project this time. >>> elizabeth edwards takes on a new challenge in the whole edwards family is voined.. ed.o what the manhu is underway for a fmeorrnd reality tv contestant whsr now a murder suspect. >>> and after a night of wild weather, what's in store for tomorrow? your complete forecast coming up on abc 7 news news at 11:00. 11s (announcer) now when verizon brings fios straight to your home, you can get amazing tv, internet and phone for just $79.99 a month for six months. that's like getting all three incredible fios services for the price of two. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v today. this is fios. this is big. g

nell and harriet tubman and their role as journalists and writers and speakers and orators and agitators really between 1831 when william lloyd garrison founded "the liberator" newspaper and the end of the civil war, without the black abolitionists and the highest level black society, and then without the slaves running away, oppressing -- you know, joining the union, when the union forces liberated their areas of the south, and without lincoln being opposed to slavery simultaneously -- without both those things, slavery wouldn't have been abolished. maybe it would have been abolished eventually -- remember, it lasted in brazil until 1888. it would have fallen sooner or later, but it fell much sooner because these two forces worked in concert and i think that's the fairest and most nuanced way to address the situation. all these black -- you know, we -- we exaggerate how many black people ran away to the north. even john hope franklin at most counted 50,000, and that includes people who were just run -- who would just run down to the swamp, hide out for the night and come back. it was h