rainey serves for eight years in the house. he is the longest serving african-american during the reconstruction period in the 19th century. he is the first african-american to preside over the house while it is in session. that happens in 1874. his experience though is typical of a lot of these other individuals who come to the house in relatively small numbers. the high point for the number of african americans is the 43rd congress, mid-1870's. there's only six or seven african-americans in congress at that point. they are really too small of a group to drive any legislative agenda. and where they do contribute to legislation is to come out and speak on behalf of of their constituents and their political rights and the abuse of those -- abuses against those political rights and the reconstruction era south. they tend to give very eloquent speeches about some of the major bills, like the 1875 civil rights act, which again is a piece of legislation not many people think about today. when you think civil rights acts, it's 1964.

on his first day as a page, notable african-american members such as robert elliott and joseph rainey, both of south carolina, brady was the first african-american to serve in the house, he delivered speeches on the floor attesting to violations against the 14th amendment rights of the constituents. in that sense, picking provided a common experience for two teenage african-american boys who, separated by nearly a the houseitnessed grapple with monumental civil rights issues. to change gears and conclude, i would to tell you about one of the research questions that nagged us as we wrote the history of the house page program. one that we are still trying to determine conclusively. exacts pinpointing the start date of the practice of paging in the house. we know the use of legislative messengers evolved over the better half of the century. when adults serve as messengers when the late 1820's according to official house records, it is clear that a page corp employing young boys and teenagers took shape, but when exactly? following the panic of 1837, 1 of the major economic recessions of

on his first day as a page, notable african-american members such as robert elliott and joseph rainey, both of south carolina, brady was the first african-american to serve in the house, he delivered speeches on the floor attesting to violations against the 14th amendment rights of the constituents. in that sense, picking provided -- paging provided a common experience for two teenage african-american boys who, separated by nearly a century, witnessed the house grapple with monumental civil rights issues. to change gears and conclude, i would to tell you about one of the research questions that nagged us as we wrote the history of the house page program. one that we are still trying to determine conclusively. that is pinpointing the exact start date of the practice of paging in the house. we know the use of legislative messengers evolved over the better half of the century. when adults serve as messengers until the late 1820's when according to official house records, it is clear that a page corp employing young boys and teenagers took shape, but when exactly? following the panic of 1

in a statement to the press, chief rainey said that, quote, ben has shared information with me that while he was married he had a personal relationship with a consenting adult more than a decade ago. none of which precludes him from serving as a sworn law enforcement officer or as one of my deputy chiefs. >> i became aware of this information on monday. i raised my concerns with him yesterday made my decision yesterday. >> reporter: schaaf, however, who is in the middle of a sex scandal with police officers and a teenaged prostitute said she had no choice. >> we are dealing with disgusting allegations that upset me greatly and i believe that the leadership at this time is critical in order to build confidence that the culture of this department does not tolerate unethical behavior, sexual misconduct, or lying. these things are very important to me. >> reporter: to date, five oakland officer have left the department or been suspended. officers from other agencies are involved, as well. ten stops forward and 3,000 steps backwards. >> the chief's exit comes just as civil rights lawyers are c

we saw the statement from chief kenton rainey from bart police saying this does not impact his duties as a batter deputy chief. the question remains though, when you have the private life intersecting with your public duties, that's a big question. >> so it doesn't preclude him from working for the bart police department. in terms of working for the oakland police department, the mayor feels it does preclude ben fairow from holding that job? >> that's what she told us last night. >> okay. >> i did want to ask you one more thing about the police department going forward, henry, because it seems as if the sex scandal keeps growing. is there going to be an end to the sex scandal, and are we going to be able to, is oakland going to be able to right the ship? is this all we are going to find out? >> i hope that this investigation will come to a close. the key thing, looking forward, can we recruit and hire quality candidates? young cops are get nothing trouble. so that's why john burris and mayor schaff want to make sure that we pick the right officers. are we moving too fast. they want 80

last night bart police chief rainey issued a statement saying he welcomes fairow to the department noting had a personal relationship with a consenting adult more than a decade ago, none of which precludes him of serving as a sworn law enforcement officer or one of my deputy chiefs. >>> bad scandal involving several east bay law enforcement members and a teenage prostitute keeps growing. we are learning that an inspector with the alameda county d.a.'s office has been put on administrative leave. four deputies have been investigated and cleared of wrongdoing in the case. the richmond police department say several of its officers are being investigated as well, and one deputy from the contra costa county is on administrative leave while the investigation goes on. now, the san francisco police department is also looking into the possibility of a connection in the east bay sex scandal. "the san francisco examiner" reports the department is conducting a review. they want to see if any of their staff had inappropriate contact with that victim. but the department emphasized it is right now not a