philip randolph institute here in say diego. i'm here to speak to families that are blue-collar workers and working class and ethnic communities. i would like to see this sort culture influences the city and reserves of four children's children and the generations that follow, so they can be proud of the city they grow up in. i would like to ask the board to consider an inclusive approach that addresses community interests and protects residents affected by the preservation efforts. i think it is important to consider the voices of residents that would be affected by preservation and i support the proposed idea to allow residents to vote to create an historic district in that area. i'm also in support of an economic hardship waiver. in conclusion, i would like to ask to support today's proposed historic preservation plan, and these safeguards for the committee, and move forward. thank you. >> my name is debora neiman and i'm here representing myself and my sisters. we own an old house and a mission. we are here to support the ef

philip randolph, an african-american labor organiz organizer, had years of experience in organizing and in protesting. he had developed new associati associations. he had led the brotherhood of sleeping car porters to recognition by both the mroman -- the pullman company giving african-americans a very real place in the labor movement and he had built alliances with many other african-american leaders of the time. he was a classic race man, as the term was of the time. when he looked around in 1941 and he listened to his colleagues notice and comment and complain and go to congress and go to the president and say, look what is going on, our country is preparing for war, we are in need of workers. we are in need of experienced soldiers. and your administration is tolerating segregation in the military that results in inefficiencies and results in discrimination against people who deserve promotions and new roles and looking around at defense contractor after defense contractor who refuses to hire african-americans, sometimes because they say their fellow workers won't tolerate it, and th

philip randolph and walter white, the president of the national association for colored people. even with this sense of gathering all these important, busy people in june, in late june of 1941, those of you who know military history well, will know that this is a period in which the nazi government is in the process of planning to break their pact with the soviet union and is on the brink of invading the soviet union, this is a period in which poland is under -- it has just fallen. this is a crucial moment in the war. and all these men are called into the office to meet with these two men. and roosevelt starts by trying to tell stories and jokes. and randolph has to interrupt them and say, you know, we're here to talk about the problem of negros' participation in the armed services and the defense industry. so roosevelt tried to just say, you know, i'm opposed to this. and he started listing his reasons. he said that the march would make other people think that the negros are seeking to exercise force to compel the government to do certain things with their silent march and thei

philip randolph is? >> a pullman porter. >> i need that explained.[laughter] >> i am time to give a synopsis of a synopsis. -- i am trying to give a synopsis of a synopsis. he was told, i think your idea is great. you have to make me do it. that is what we have to do now, to make congressional leaders take notice. to make presidents take notice. i have not seen, i am saying we as a people, we do not have the stick-to-it-ness. change is still ongoing. people do not want to stand at the white house. i am telling you, the aggravation, the tension, for people to look at, that is what will bring change. in my opinion. >> i have to say, and industry. i worked in the technology industry. i have doubled and technology since 1995 have 1995dabbled -- have dabbled in technology since 1995. when i worked at a biotech company, there were no black voters -- at a tech company, there were no black coders. you do see stratification. white, black, asian, native american, very different outcomes, sometimes it has to do with race and ethnicity. some of it has to do with

philip randolph is? >> a pullman porter. >> i need that explained.a synopsis. -- i am trying to give a synopsis of a synopsis. he was told, i think your idea is great. you have to make me do it. that is what we have to do now, to make congressional leaders take notice. to make presidents take notice. i have not seen, i am saying we as a people, we do not have the stick-to-it-ness. change is still ongoing. people do not want to stand at the white house. i am telling you, the aggravation, the tension, for people to look at, that is what will bring change. in my opinion. >> i have to say, and industry. i worked in the technology industry. i have doubled and technology since 1995 have 1995dabbled -- have dabbled in technology since 1995. when i worked at a biotech company, there were no black voters -- at a tech company, there were no black coders. you do see stratification. white, black, asian, native american, very different outcomes, sometimes it has to do with race and ethnicity. some of it has to do with, what i call, the social aspect of hiring. pe

philip randolph is? >> a pullman porter. >> i need that explained. synopsis of a synopsis. -- i am trying to give a synopsis of a synopsis. he was told, i think your idea is great. you have to make me do it. that is what we have to do now, to make congressional leaders take notice. to make presidents take notice. i have not seen, i am saying we as a people, we do not have the it-ness. witnes-to- change is still ongoing . people do not want to stand at the white house. i am telling you, the aggravation, the tension, for people to look at, that is what will bring change. in my opinion. >> i have to say, and industry. i worked in the technology industry. i have doubled and technology since 1995 have 1995dabbled -- have dabbled in technology since 1995. when i worked at a biotech company, there were no black voters -- at a tech company, there were no black coders. you do see stratification. white, black, asian, native american, very different outcomes, sometimes it has to do with race and ethnicity. some of it has to do with, what i call, the social aspe

philip randolph had with president roosevelt, and a. philip randolph is like i want this and that.that all sounds good but i can't do it unless you elect me to do. when we think about civil rights in this country, lbj, which met in the 1950s he was to the right of the republicans, whose only on the ticket because that was the only way that kennedy could win the election, the closest election in history of the country until 2000. when john f. kennedy got killed, despite the fact lyndon johnson a bit the races, they clearly didn't support civil rights, he had to carry on because there was applicable in this country to force him to carry it takes how to get barack obama to carry the water for those issues that of most concern us whether be the prison at us or complex, no child left behind/race to the top, we could go on and on about the kind of policies that allow the kind of investor in this country because there is not a force out there in terms of our issues that are pushing back. we can expect our national organizations to do that kind of work either. >> i want to say quickly, a b