plus with some teams making history. we ll take you live to sydney. hello, i m sumi somaskanda. a former us marine who was wrongfully detained in russia, then freed in a prisoner swap last year, has been injured while fighting in ukraine. the bbc s partner cbs news confirmed that trevor reed suffered a laceration to an extremity and is being treated at a military facility in germany. in april of 2022 mr reed was freed by russia in a prisoner swap. he was convicted in russia of endangering the lives of two police officers while visiting moscow in 2019. reed is scheduled to begin studying at georgetown university next month. earlier, the us state department sought to distance the government from reed s actions. mr reid was not engaged in any activities on behalf of the us government and as i indicated we have been incredibly clear, warning american citizens and nationals not to travel to ukraine let alone participate in fighting there. meanwhile, the us announced a new aid pa
The descendants of Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Rosa Parks, Emmett Till, Malcolm X and more convened at the White House for a special ceremony to honor their families’ legacy and impact on the country.
The church that held the funeral for Emmett Till, an African American youth whose brutal murder in 1955 helped galvanize the modern Civil Rights Movement, has been made part of a national monument.