but you'll see jack greenberg. and jack greenberg was oticeable. had the privilege along with another recovering lawyer, i think i can describe him as, he's been busy with other things who's here today, governor patrick, of being, i think one of the last two, i think we were the last two hires that jack greenberg made at the legal defense fund. i -- i can't say -- i won't say, it's not my place to say how good my hire was. i will say na -- that he made a great hire in governor patrick. nd i remember when i was hired, elaine, you know how jack was. i came to l.d.f. from, i was trying to get out of the justice department. the administrations had changed. i was now in the reagan administration. and so i came up to new york at jack's behest for an interview. and some of the lawyers were unhappy because jack made this decision. by himself. you know, he decided who was going to be hired. and some of the lawyers were fussing about not having a role in that. and jack said, another lesson that i learned that i used later, not as well as jack perhaps, jack s

and so we honor jack greenberg today. he has gotten every honor ldf can give but we have one more for you, jack. jack greenberg. [applause] >> you can keep standing if you want. you know, there are a lot of things that i don't do that this younger generation does. but i do tweet. and i've been tweeting for the last 24 hours how excited -- come on, guys. how excited i am to be here this morning. with these two great gentlemen who are getting up on the stage better than i could. but i'm here this morning as i could say r -- age before beauty but that wouldn't be appropriate. i'm here this morning as both a moderator and a child of brown which i couldn't escape if i wanted to but i don't want to. for example, when i sat in front of nelson mandela for the first time, just about four or five days after he got out of prison, i wanted to figure out some way i could connect with him in a way that none of the other journalists had. because there were hundreds of them, as you remember. so i introduced myself as a child of brown. and

but you'll see jack greenberg. and jack greenberg was noticeable. [laughter] the privilege along with recovering lawyer, i think i can describe him as. other things with things. governore today, patrick. i think we were the last two that jack greenberg made at the legal defense fund. i can't say and won't say -- place to say how good my hire was. i will say that he made a great governor patrick. [laughter] when i was hired, jack was, iknow how came to l.d.f -- i was trying to get out of the justice administrations had changed. i was now in the reagan administration. so i came up to new york at jack's behest for an interview. and some of the lawyers were because jack made this decision by himself. you know, he decided who was going to be hired. and some of the lawyers were having a rolenot in that. and jack said -- another lesson i usedlearned that later. not as well as jack, perhaps. offhandedin a very way again, "i think democracy is countries." [laughter] [applause] there's so much more i could say about jack, but we need to hear the governors. i

and so we honor jack greenberg today. he has gotten every honor ldf can give but we have one more for you, jack. jack greenberg. [applause] >> you can keep standing if you want. you know, there are a lot of things that i don't do that this younger generation does. but i do tweet. and i've been tweeting for the last 24 hours how excited -- come on, guys. how excited i am to be here this morning. with these two great gentlemen who are getting up on the stage better than i could. but i'm here this morning as both moderator -- i could say age before beauty but that wouldn't be appropriate. i'm here this morning as both a moderator and a child of brown , which i couldn't escape if i wanted to but i don't want to. for example, when i sat in front of nelson mandela for the first time, just about four or five days after he got out of prison, i wanted to figure out some way i could connect with him in a way that none of the other journalists had. because there were hundreds of them, as you remember. so i introduced myself as a chil

jack greenberg.[applause] >> good afternoon. first, let me congratulate cissy marshall, who is the inspiration , mentor, friend, and i wish all of you could know her the way the sava some unfortunate enough to get an hour. she has one of the most wicked sense of humor you will ever here. [applause] but she is a great, great civil-rights warrior in her own name. jack greenberg. there are presently, by my count , two signatories to the brown v free. judge weinstein is not with us today. bill coleman, of course, is one of my euros. but out of the lawyers who argued brown there is one survivor, and that is a jack greenberg. jack greenberg came to the legal defense fund, as you can see from the program, and 1948. and he came to the legal defense fund after serving in world war ii, and the marines. in fact, i always remember that when jack was told at some point that he had handled what was supposed to be a tough situation with grace and handle it well jack said in a very offhanded way, i have been in toug

eminent organization including visionary attorneys like authorize good marshall, robert carter and jack greenbergdd a dangerous, long, and grueling march that culminated on may 17th, 1954, of the united states supreme court. >> that was attorney general arab holder speaking to the naacp ahead of tomorrow's 60th anniversary of the supreme court's landmark brown versus the board of education decision, which ruled that segregation and public schools is unconstitutional. 60 years later how much progress have we actually made? in a proclamation marking the anniversary president obama acknowledges, "we have confined legalized segregation to the dust bin of history. yet, today the hope and promise of brown remains unfulfilled." he goes on to remind the country "progress has never come easily, but even in the face of impossible odds, those that lot of their country can face it." tonight the president will meet with relatives of the plaintiffs and even two of the attorneys who argue that landmark case to thank them and to encourage them to keep fighting for future generations. indeed, 60 years after james

jack greenberg. [applause] all >> you can keep standing if you want. there are a lot of things i do not do that this young generation does but i am intrigued. n guys. i have been saying how excited i am to be here this morning with gentlemen yout are getting up on the stage better than i could. i am here this morning as both the moderator him a thank you. you can do that. i could say eight before beauty but that wouldn't be appropriate. i am here this morning as both the moderator and a child of around, which i cannot escape if i wanted to. i do not want to. when i front of nelson mandela for the first time, this is for five days after he got out of prison. waynted to figure out some i could connect with them in a way that another -- no other journalist had. ofntroduce myself as a child round. that was that. then on.ike this from that is one of the things that has paved my way all these years. i want to begin by saying thank you. marshall and your husband, vernon jordan, horace, so many lawyers who made it possible for me to have those freedoms. to go

he recruited jack greenberg and constance notly baker and robert carter who went on to become a robinson -- and brilliant legal minds who came together in 19 h in a unanimous decision struck down this constitutionally upheld principle and decided that separate but equal was constitutionally suspect and shut it down. but then fl were a lot of folks in america who had to try to bring this principle to light. ou had the desee degree gation struggles that took place. james meredith and the university of mississippi in early 1960's and the little rock the who had to desegregate little rock central school district. these are brave individuals, young people confronted by angry mobs, blood thift ofthirsty rounds and all sorts of intolerable things all in america simply to get an education and we know that education pays. nd we way to -- we still have a long way to go and in new york state, we still have one of the most racially segregated schools in terms of its racial composition in the country. california is at the top of the list, illinois is at the top of the list, maryland is at the top of

our herb greenberg says it would be genius for him to go to united but that any board would benefit from having him on board, or he could retire and do the jackelsh kind of thing, be a ceo emeritus, or he could run for president. leader of the free world. most powerful man on earth. many have written into cnbc saying as much that herb says that might be beneath mulally, or would it be? anyhow, of those choices, sue, my guess would be united airlines would be the best landing spot for him. >> it might be. >> because he's an industrial guy, not really a service guy. >> that is absolutely true, ty. it will be fascinating to see where he ends up. we're going to talk about that and much more because rbc capital markets putting out a really interesting special report on the auto sector. the firm taking a look at how vehicle technology will revolutionize cars over the next five years. plus the auto and non-auto stocks that might benefit the most from this growing trend. joining us are three rbc analysts, with me here at post 9 is the lead author of that report, auto analyst joseph spack. in san francisco, ari and in minneapolis, software analyst mat