Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson may have shot at brown as many as 10 times. We will play highlights from the funeral and speak to mourners who share their own stories about police brutality. They kicked down my door. They put nine millimeters on my tds had and they weren nothing but 9, 10 for 11 years old. They took my kids and lock them up for 30 days. 30 days over a snickers bar. As well as the nine millimeters and kicked in my house. That day, my whole life changed. X then we look at the crisis in libya three years after the u. S. Back toppling up Muammar Gaddafi. Egypt andhe past week the United Arab Emirates has secretly carried out airstrikes against islamist militia there. We will stick with professor Vijay Prashad, author of, arab spring, libyan winter. If you just give the libyan people a destroyed country, how are they going to build a future . That is the real danger of the air apartment in the style the americans conduct. They level countries and then tell people to c
Michael brown, an unarmed black teenager. Ferguson erupts. Lives dont matter to these cops. At the end of the day. We be locked up more than anybody in this own community. Know what im saying apc . [indiscernible] everybody on this police force needs to get fired. From the courthouse to the streets, all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A grand jury here in st. Louis, missouri has chosen not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson for the Fatal Shooting of unarmed africanamerican teenager Michael Brown. The decision follows three months of deliberation by the jury of nine whites, and three blacks, including four hours of testimony from wilson himself. The decision set off outrage. The grand jury decision set off outrage in ferguson and communities across the country who see browns killing as part of a widescale pattern of Police Mistreatment of people of color. Shortly after the verdict, police fired tear gas
In politics and often helped her husband makes decisions. Margaret taylor was opposed to her husbands nomination for president. As a teacher, Abigail Fillmore was the first president ial wife to have a profession and began efforts to establish the First White House library. Sarah polk, margaret taylor, and Abigail Fillmore, this sunday night on first ladies, influence and image, examining the public and private lives of women who fulfilled the position of first lady. From Martha Washington to michelle obama, sundays at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan3. As a complement to the series, cspans new book first ladies. Its available as a hard cover or an ebook through your Favorite Book store or online book seller. Well take you now to Oak Ridge Cemetery in springfield illinois, for the 150th commemoration ceremony of president ab ham lincolns funeral. Then author and historian Michael Burlingame talks about the reg lassie of abe ham lincoln and reflects on the ceremony in springfield. This is th
Thank you everybody for tuning in tonight. Hello everyone. Thank you so much for joining us. Im marcia eli from the Brooklyn Public Librarys center for brooklyn history and the arts and culture team bpl presents. This year Brooklyn Public Library celebrates, its 125th anniversary. Our birthday is a chance to talk about all the library does and one important part of that work is stewarding the extraordinary special collections at the center for brooklyn history. These are archives are the combined materials from the brooklyn Public Libraries special collections. And those of the former Brooklyn Historical society, and they are literally the most comprehensive collection of brooklyn related materials in the world. So we are celebrating these amazing collections and a 125th Anniversary Series titled out of the box. Five programs that put just few of the most important or most frequently used or beloved Materials Center stage clearly the dodgers and robinson have to be part of that lineup
Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us. Im marcia eli from the Brooklyn Public Library center for brooklyn history and the arts and culture team. This year, Brooklyn Public Library celebrates its 125th anniversary. Our birthday is a chance to talk about all that the library does, and one important part of that work is stewarding the extraordinary special collections of the Brooklyn Center for history. These archives are the combined materials for the Brooklyn Public Librarys special collections at those of the former Brooklyn Historical society, and they are literally the most comprehensive collection of brooklyn related materials in the world. So, we are celebrating these amazing collections in a 125th Anniversary Series titled out of the box. Five programs that put just a few of the most important or most frequently used or beloved Materials Center stage. Clearly, the dodgers and Jackie Robinson have to be part of that lineup. So, tonight, we are bringing together a really