jungle. i could see bodies all over. when you re running, they re still shooting? i m still hearing shots. they had identified people they wanted to kill. we were on top of a powder keg. it s almost impossible to fathom, even now, more than 900 americans dead in the jungle at jonestown. it was something out of a horror movie. you re telling me this man said, drink this poison, and they drank it? that s right. we take you inside the mission that exposed the dangerous truth. don t you touch my kids! i m thinking, oh my god, it s true. everything we feared is true. the only video camera there to capture it all belonged to nbc news. he said, i could never put this camera down. rare pictures, powerful details from those who survived. they were shooting point blank my whole shirt was dripping with red blood. all of a sudden, i was hit. i thought, oh my god, this is it. a riveting look at the story that still haunts the world. the enormity of
jungle. while you are running they are still shooting? they had identified people they wanted to kill. it is almost impossible to fathom, even now, more than 900 americans dead in the jungle at jonestown. you are telling me this man says drink this poison and they drink it? that s right. we take you inside the mission that observed the dangerous truth. the only video camera there to capture it all belonged to nbc news. he said i can never put this camera down. rare pictures and powerful details. my whole shirt was dripping with red blood. all of a sudden i was hit. a riveting look at the story that still haunts the whole world. whole world. and welcome to dateline. jim jones led nearly 1,000 americans hello and jim jones led nearly 1000 americans to a remote area in south america, promising a religious paradise. what followed was more like hell on earth. the horror almost too horrible to believe. you are about to hear from some eyewitnesses who lived t
Selfdetermination. Host author herb boyd with us on this Independence Day weekend. Professor boyd, what is july 4 me deal . Guest it means the same thing what it meant to Frederick Douglass, you know. While you can have the general celebration and everything, we have a different perspective from the africanamerican community. This was a long history to understand exactly the distinction in terms of the celebration for one community and the kind of lack of observers on the other part of the community. What does it mean to people who history of segregation. You have to understand the kind of sensitivity that might be distinct from one community to another. Obviously we Start Talking about this history of this country and the role of africanamericans in terms of providing that celebration, that is a whole another question because we have been in the forefront of the socalled battle for freedom and justice and liberty in this country from day one. From day one going back to the socalled bo