Police officer is charged with firstdegree murder after a cell phone video showed him shooting eight times into the back of a 50yearold africanamerican man named walter scott who was running away. The officer then handcuff scott as he was lessft face down, and the officer then shows the officer planting a taser. Then to ferguson missouri, which hold its first municipal election since the shooting of Michael Brown. For the first time in fergusons 20year history, the sixmember city council will have three africanamericans. And to chicago where mayor rahm emanuel has survived a runoff against progressive challenger chuy garcia. Mayor emanuel to all the people of chicago who have given me the privilege to serve as your mayor for another four years, thank you, god bless you, and god bless chicago. Amy and we will speak with broadcaster tavis smiley about his new book, my journey with maya. Maya angelou you may try todod me in the very dark, but still like dust, i rise. Amy all that and more
About life among the maya . From ancient sumer clay tablets reveal astonishing details about daily life 5,000 years ago, and tell the story of the invention of writing. Symbols can be the gateway to the hearts and minds of ancient people. Their decipherment is one of the greatest challenges facing archaeologists today. We humans are social animals. Our need to communicate is universal. Some of our messages can be easily understood. But we communicate, too, through abstract symbols that have meaning only within a particular culture. These symbols take many forms. The flag is a symbol. A gesture says were number one. The uniform is a symbol that identifies the official and the player. The game itself is symbolic ritualized combat with clearly defined rules. Even sound can be a symbol. [ whistle blows ] the whistle signals the end of play. But why a whistle . Why not a gong . Why a striped shirt and not a plaid one . The choice is arbitrary. But within this culture, the meaning is mutuall
Clay tablets reveal astonishing details about daily life 5,000 years ago, and tell the story of the invention of writing. Symbols can be the gateway to the hearts and minds of ancient people. Their decipherment is one of the greatest challenges facing archaeologists today. We humans are social animals. Our need to communicate is universal. Some of our messages can be easily understood. But we communicate, too, through abstract symbols that have meaning only within a particular culture. These symbols take many forms. The flag is a symbol. A gesture says, were number one. The uniform is a symbol that identifies the official and the player. The game itself is symbolic ritualized combat with clearly defined rules. Even sound can be a symbol. [ whistle blows ] the whistle signals the end of play. But why a whistle . Why not a gong . Why a striped shirt and not a plaid one . The choice is arbitrary. But within this culture, the meaning is mutually accepted. The use of symbols is the single m
To the hearts and minds of ancient people. Their decipherment is one of the greatest challenges facing archaeologists today. We humans are social animals. Our need to communicate is universal. Some of our messages can be easily understood. But we communicate, too, through abstract symbols that have meaning only within a particular culture. These symbols take many forms. The flag is a symbol. A gesture says, were number one. The uniform is a symbol that identifies the official and the player. The game itself is symbolic ritualized combat with clearly defined rules. Even sound can be a symbol. [ whistle blows ] the whistle signals the end of play. But why a whistle . Why not a gong . Why a striped shirt and not a plaid one . The choice is arbitrary. But within this culture, the meaning is mutually accepted. The use of symbols is the single most distinguishing feature of any culture. But as distinct as they are, all symbols are used for the same purpose to communica, manipulate, and prese
Stories are lots of about slaves and freemen of color who made choices. When i began this book, i was convinced that the americans were the good guys, and the british were the bad guys. But the more i worked on this project, i became more and more that as the war came to an end, that it was the americans who were not the good guys. It was instead the british and the spanish who were the good guys. The british and the spanish offered freedom to their slaves. Andmen who served with them took them away from this land of bondage. For the americans, well, the americans will keep slaves in bondage until 1865. Choose fight for the u. S. Or five for your freedom with the invading ritz tonight and im 00 eastern on cspan at 9 00 eastern on cspan3. The house ways and means subcommittee on Human Resources held a hearing on how changes to the foster care system might prevent youth sex trafficking. Among the witnesses with a panel of lawmakers who offered different bills to address the issue, follow