and, there is actually a moment in the w.e.b. dubois profile where he says i went through school just wanting to get on the train with everyone else. and it never occurred to me where the train was going. or how fast it was going or what it was about. i just wanted my ticket. as a black man you understand that. we kept trying to have the discussion would you even if all of the kids were getting hundreds and passing all of the tests, what are they then learning? what is the object of the exercise? it was very, very difficult to get to that. people didn't want to. we finally ended for a couple of reasons. one was, that the -- that you all may remember, real estate, used to be very valuable in the country and not long ago and as the houses got more expensive in our towns, the people who bought them didn't want to hear anything about the schools being anything but excellent. because they are investment -- their investment went down, they thought if you started talk, so the realtors in our town, particularly didn't like us because they were

for the past few years w.e.b. dubois high school has been on the most dangerous list in maryland. now it's designated as persist tently safe. the principal says she's happy the school is now shown in a positive light. >> we've met the guidelines but guess what, we've always been persissently safe at w.e.b. dubois high school. >> she says students now have more options to get the most from their high school experience. night classes, mentoring programs and other classes that have been added to the curriculum. >>> this morning, dr. andres alonso will join city school students on their first day of school. he will participate in a daylong tour of the schools that highlight the recent progress in the school system and exciting new options for students for the new school year. he will make stops at schools such as wolfe street academy and dunbar high school. >>> baltimore's best of the best basketball players hit the court over the weekend. organizers offered free school supplies and free food for kids. many of the top youth high school girls and boys all-star basketball players hit th

[applause] >> henry lewis gates is the w.e.b. dubois professor at harvard university. mr. gates is author of "colored people" coeditor of encarta of africa. he's received many honors including a mcarthur fellow and the national humanities medal. for more information on the author, please go to dubois.fas.harvard.edu. >> george mcgovern, the one-time democratic presidential nominee and former senator from south dakota greets members of congress and signs books at a private home near the u.s. capital building. many of those attending the party got their start in politics during his 1972 campaign. this event is 40 minutes. >> i'm a big fan of lincoln's. you read that book i sent you, lincoln's sword. >> oh, yeah. i quote it in the book. you're responsible for that. >> for that quote? yeah, i think that that book is brilliant. [inaudible conversations] >> welcome, congressman. it's great to see you. >> how you. >> it's a nice place. >> thank you very much. >> bernie robinson. >> okay. now, we got the eleven signed and we got these. >> yeah, that's tom's. >> okay. oh, these are

for the past few years w.e.b. duboisol has been on the state's persistently dangerous list. after financial help from the government, hard work from students and staff the school is now listed as persistently safe. the principal says she's happy the school is shown in a positive light. >> today we have met the guidelines based on the state and we have been identified persistently safe but guess what? we've always been persistently safe at w.e.b. debut high school. >> she says students now have more options to get the most out of their high school experience. night classes, mentoring programs and other programs have been added to the curriculum. >>> two firefighters in los angeles county are dead after their car rolled over on a mountain as they were battling severe wildfires. the fires burning over 66 square miles, only 5% contained. more than 12,000 homes are in danger of being destroyed by the flames. governor arnold schwarzenegger is urging those in the path of the fires to get out of there. >>> a $120,000 reward is b

we've always been persist antley safe here at w.e.b. dubois >> the principal says students now have more options to get the most out of the high school experience. they have evening closes, mentoring programs plus a.p. classes have been added to the school's curriculum. >>> two winning tickets were sold in the many egg ga millions jack pout. the tickets match the winning numbers for an estimated $333 million. the other in california. there were nine $10,000 winning tickets sold right here in maryland. it was also a winner the state. the jackpot now goes down to $1 million for tuesday's drawing. >>> another maryland bank is forced to close its doors. what bradford bank closing means to are customers. >>> and in these tough economic times, an old trend becomes new again. we'll explain. >>> plus, fans may pay tribute to the king of pop on his birthday. hey i'm worried about mrs. lowenberg next door. why? i don't know she's wandering around the lobby, yammering about fios tv, internet and phone all for $79.99 a month. she seems crazy. actually, fi

for the past few years we reported on w.e.b. dubois high school named on the persistently dangerous list but after financial help from the government, hard work from students and staff, the school is now listed as persistently safe. the principal says she's happy the school is shown in a positive light. >> today we've met the guidelines based on the state and identified persistently safe but guess what? we've always been persist tently safe at dubois high school. >> she says students now have more options to get the most from their high school experience like night classes, mentoring programs, and other classes to the school curriculum. >>> you know summer is almost over when the state fair is in full swing. more than 500,000 visitors come to the fair every year. tonight at 7:00 it's the battle of the beast rodeo with bull riding and barrel racing. admission for adults is $8. if you're over 62 years old, only $6. kids from age 6 to 11 are $3. younger kids get in free. that doesn't include the rides and fair food. the maryland state fai

for the past few queers w.e.b. duboisn the maryland persistently dangerous list, after help from the government and hard work from the students and staff the school is now listed as persistently safe. the principal is happy the school is shown in a posessive light and -- positive light and there are now more options for students. there are advanced placement classes and other classes add to the school curriculum. >>> dr. andres alonso will participate in a daylong tour of schools. ahe will make stops at schools such as wolfe street academy as well as done par high school -- dunbar high school. >>> "good morning maryland" at 9:00 coming up after "good morning america." see you in about 30 minutes. we'll talk about "cash for clunkers" and the housing market. see you at 9:00. ♪ the greatest love of all is easy to achieve ♪ >> the greatest love of all from the artist rolling stone has named one of the 100 greatest singers of all time, just two more days until our whitney houston concert event debuting "i look to you." her fir

buried in the american memory -- the collective memory -- the american historical imagination that w.e.b. dubois, the hero of so many black intellectuals and his contemporaries had to demand that lincoln be remembered as the man who freed the slaves. because people were embarrassed by that in 1909. it wasn't about lincoln the great emanc parent, it was the man who saved the union, and that shift was a very, very important shift -- they wanted the negroes to go away, they didn't want this man to be associated -- so booker t. washington -- it's like he put a bear hug on abraham lincoln and washington issued this series of lithographs, would have a big oval of him in the middle, and over his right shoulder would be frederick douglass, over his left shoulder abraham lincoln. it's like they had a baby and his name was booker and he did that because he hated dubois and dubois hated him and he wanted to say he had the mantle from douglas and lincoln but he also did that to make lincoln useful in the larger struggle for black rights against this -- we can't imagine how horrible it was to be black at the