on her way to washington, mary mcleod bethune should stop in maysville, south carolina, and they told me how much it would cost, i remember the conversations i had with bill daley and i said, i want to talk to you about something and wells fargo underwrote the cause to bring her back to maysville, south carolina. [applause] and her great-niece is here somewhere. where is she? mary mcleod bethune's niece was at the unveiling. they did not know about this, probably running around this building trying to find her, this auditorium. but she is now the mayor of maysville, south carolina. she and her husband are here. [laughter] -- [applause] this is the kind of thing that makes me enjoy history so much. i will close with this. i was asked a couple of days ago what it was like, because it was announced last week that the naacp highest award will be awarded next wednesday night to yours truly. [applause] thank you. about award was first given -- that award was first given in 1918 to ernest everett just, one of the foundation -- founders of omega sci-fi fraternity -- psi phi fraternity and a native of south carolina. when i was asked what did it feel like to be getting