[applause] mayor coleman let me just say one quick thing about thurgood, how important he was to our country, for africanamericans, for those who wanted to go to law school africanamericans who wanted to go to law school, i was a part of that generation who looked up to him, believed in him, who was inspired by him. That i too someday could go to law school and i could someday become a lawyer. There is a whole generation of people just like me who have gone on to do that because of the bravery and the courage of Thurgood Marshall. So tonight, we are here gathered here this evening and i have view this really has the intersection of history and the future. What to i mean by that . The intersection of history and the future . Well, we are in Lincoln Theater. In this theater, this was the only place where black folks could come and get entertained in a theater because they couldnt go downtown. They would come right here. And this theater was nearly demolished. A wrecking ball almost tore
How important he was to our country, for africanamericans, for those who wanted to go to law school africanamericans who wanted to go to law school, i was a part of that generation who looked up to him, believed in him, who was inspired by him. That i too someday could go to law school and i could someday become a lawyer. There is a whole generation of people just like me who have gone on to do that because of the bravery and the courage of Thurgood Marshall. So tonight, we are here gathered here this evening and i have view this really has the intersection of history and the future. What to i mean by that . The intersection of history and the future . Well, we are in Lincoln Theater. In this theater, this was the only place where black folks could come and get entertained in a theater because they couldnt go downtown. They would come right here. And this theater was nearly demolished. Almost tore it down. And we saved it, renovated it and it is now one of the jewels of the city of col
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Mr. Gerdes good morning, fellow employees and guests, and welcome to another session of politics 66. This is a very special day in this series. For one thing, it is the last wednesday before the second tuesday in november. The race is in the home stretch. This is also a special day because one of the busiest men in california is here to address us. I refer, of course, to Governor Brown. He needs no introduction to any californian. Moreover, we need no introduction to him. He is familiar with this program of ours, having appeared before us four years ago. He might be interested in knowing, however, that to date we have heard addresses by both candidates for state treasurer, controller, attorney general, and lieutenant governor. Governor brown, there are four sponsors of this program, which is designed to help pg e employees see and hear from candidates of both parties and to understand the issues. This, we feel, is a basic tenet of responsible citizenship. The four sponsors are the comp
Mr. Gerdes good morning, fellow employees and guests, and welcome to another session of politics 66. This is a very special day in this series. For one thing, it is the last wednesday before the second tuesday in november. The race is in the home stretch. This is also a special day because one of the busiest men in california is here to address us. I refer, of course, to Governor Brown. He needs no introduction to any californian. Moreover, we need no introduction to him. He is familiar with this program of ours, having appeared before us four years ago. He might be interested in knowing, however, that to date we have heard addresses by both candidates for state treasurer, controller, attorney general, and lieutenant governor. Governor brown, there are four sponsors of this program, which is designed to help pg e employees see and hear from candidates of both parties and to understand the issues. This, we feel, is a basic tenet of responsible citizenship. The four sponsors are the comp