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we remember two legends. >> i contributed a great deal to the game. >> basketball superstar and civil rights champion bill russell. >> captain, the enterprise is up there. >> and television trailblazer initial nichols of "star supreme court." >> power. power. >> these protest remembers at the steps right in front of the senate. many of them slept overnight on the steps outside here to protest the failure of the burn pit legislation. >> they all have this mumbo-jumbo about a budgetary gimmick but nothing changed. >> this is the oldest trick in washington. republicans are not opposed t...

Minority astronauts for the space shuttle program. >> nichols' enduring beauty, her strength of character, her commitment to human rights will always inspire. >> and she blazed intergalactic trails on tv. initial nichols was playing in a leading role in the turbulent 1960s. cnn analyst bill carter said the series setting allowed nichols to break color barriers during the civil rights movement. >> this was a real powerful, intelligent, commanding person. now, they said it in the 23rd century which was kind of a commentary on what was happening in america at the time. this was a civil rights era...

Abt is considered the pre-eminent company for classical ballet in the nation. out of its 90 dancers fewer than 20 are principles and they are among the best in the world. ballerinas have now shattered the glass ceiling for the 7 75-year-old theater and are hoping to break color barriers on stage. misty is the first african-american woman principle dancer and stella is the first filipino american principle. congratulations to these two pioneers who have brought new meaning to the phrase dance, dance revolution and hold on to your pointe shoes because they are here. up next. hey terry stop they ...

Deen, the city's officer of the year in 2012, and the 25-year-old tate, recent graduate. the four suspects will face a judge monday. the grieving father of officer tate spoke with cnn earlier and said the risks of the job did not deter his son. >> this whole thing about, you know, just notion that all police are out to get people or they're bad -- my son didn't see color. he had so many friend from the time he was a -- in kindergarten, i was military over ten years of his life. group in germany for five year we didn't have color barriers, we don't have animosity between races. my son didn't se...

After they say the man fired through the door of this home with an ak-47. two officers were wounded in the crossfire. also, newly revealed court documents the driver of the charter bus that crashed near dallas on thursday killing two people was involved in another fatal bus accident back in 1989. plus, the world mourning the loss of an american legend, a premiuprima ballerina. she died this week. half native american, she broke color barriers. she was 88 years old. in just a few hours from now, secretary of state john kerry will be arriving in japan for a final round of high stakes meeti...