, the boston braves. in boston, the boston braves. the following season they the following season they changed their name to redskins. changed their name to redskins. they started playing at fenway they started playing at fenway park, the home of the boston red park, the home of the boston red sox. sox. and george and george preston marshall took preston marshall took the name, and that's how he came the name, and that's how he came up with redskins. up with redskins. he also named team in honor of he also named team in honor of his coach that his coach that year year lone star lone star de de deitz who claimed to be deitz who claimed to be a part a part sioux. sioux. >> any of the owners that have >> any of the owners that have led the redskins, nothing led the redskins, nothing offensive or disparaging or pe i offensive or disparaging or pe i don' don' pejorative by that pejorative by that name. name. >> something as a mascot evokes >> something as a mascot evokes something positive why does it something

140 years ago he took the field for the dodgers on the opening day at athens field against the boston braves. robinson's first major-league game was the most event in the emancipation of black americans the civil war. he is one of the two most important blacks in american history. he was the fuse that lit the fire. in 1944, 11 years before rosa parks refused to move to the back of my primary bus, lieutenant robinson was court-martialed for insisting successfully the fort hood, texas heard of desegregating benefits. he was a lieutenant only because when he was excluded from officer's kennedy school scum he pretested enough to another black at fort riley, kansas, heavyweight champ in, joe louis. the athletic successes of lewis and just yelling in an 1830s, jackie robinson's brother matt from the 200-meter dash at the berlin olympics made the absence of blacks in baseball glaring. then the war in which blacks worse till in hitlerism, nurtured the idea that anyone who could cross omaha beach should also be eligible to cross major-league file lines. also, commercial considerations mingled in the

, the boston braves. the following season they changed their name to redskins. they started playing at fenway park, the home of the boston red sox. and george preston marshall took the name, and that's how he came up with redskins. he also named team in honor of his coach that year lone star deitz who claimed to be a part sioux. >> any of the owners that have led the redskins, nothing offensive or disparaging or pe i don'pejorative by that name. >> something as a mascot evokes something positive why does it matter? >> well, i think it's just a little pecular that they would cling so long and so hard to inanimate objects and to these false personnas, all of native america in the way that we measure our views, all our native organizations say change this name that it's a slur, it is a pejorative. and it doesn't matter who means it or who doesn't. what matters is the effect. the people who are doing the offending don't get to say what hurts or what's the nature of the offense. >> our community is chiming in l

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brave the elements and the crowds. lax has projected to be the busiest airport in terms of number of passengers. not far behind are chicago o'hare, san francisco international, and boston logan. in chicago, sarah, nbc news. >> thank you so much. >>> young lady interviewed said the three vital ingredients for thanksgiving. food, family, and football. >> i heard that. >> what kind of weather are we looking at today and on into thanksgiving? >> oh, well, guys, we've got some pretty good-looking weather to talk about. as can you see, we have a map. i can tell you right now what i wanted to show you was a live picture of all the different places where we are expecting delays later on today, but as you can see here, quite a bit of wet weather all across the eastern seaboard. all of this is going to push to the north as what heed throughout your wednesday. that's when we are expecting the most severe flight delays. right now i'm going to send it back to you, jon and marla. >> okay, christina. thank you so much. >> we appreciate it. we continue that countdown to the winter games in sochy. we'll tell you how anchor man, ron burgundy, is getting involved in the winter games. [ f

boston globe reports mrs. kennedy wrote back. there is another bond we share. we must remind our children at all times what braveen their fathers were. this is one of the many artifacts revealed for the first time at the jfk library and presidential museum in boston as it observed the 50th anniversary of kennedy's death. joining me now, the curator of the museum, stacey. nice to see you. before we get into some of these just fascinating artifacts that you all have, i find it interesting that your museum has been open since 1979, but this is the first time you're dedicating an entire exhibit to the assassination itself, is that right? >> that's right. typically, we observe -- we celebrate president kennedy's life at the library, but on the 50th anniversary, we felt it was a time to honor that moment and help people remember that very pivotal and tragic moment in time. >> we see right here, this is the leather saddle. let's talk about some of the pieces. tell me about the saddle and its significance. >> well, of course, after the president was assassinated, the nation went into shock, and just watched on televisio

boston on that fantastic world series win. thank you so much for joining me. >> thank you very much and thank everybody. >> i certainly will. very bravean. >>> coming next, john took the iconic photo at the marathon. he was back at the big game tonight and joins me with another powerful voice from the city. >>> they gave us so hutmuch mor than entertainment, they gave us hope, something to cheer for and something else to talk about at a time of deep sadness in our region. >> senator ed markey. you heard from the most injured survivor and i want to bring in reverend walker and boston globe photographer who took a picture from the bombing. welcome to both of you. reverend walker very inspiring interview with a survivor, one of the worst injured of the survivors shows me the spirit of everyone connected with boston following that appalling attack. >> absolutely, and we certainly wish mark and his family the best as he continues to struggle with his recovery, but it is that spirit. it's that spirit of not giving up the it's that spirit of community. it's that spirit of hope and that's what keeps us going in boston. this is a great time to

a group of brave young men who prove the only way to combat hate is with love. the story from jack harper in our boston in the middle of it all, danny, bridgewater first grader, water boy for the fifth grade football team. danny always wears a tie and jacket. he has some speech issues. a few other kids had been picking on him about that and his team dressed up to show they don't approve. >> we heard danny was getting picked on so we thought we would have a day to dress up like danny and we thought we'd all come to school like danny and show danny that we love him. that we love him very much. >> reporter: do you think this has made him very happy? >> yes. >> reporter: why? >> because everybody is cheering him on. everybody loves him. >> reporter: danny suffered a brain hemorrhage after he was born. years of speech therapy are helping and so did yesterday. when you came out of the hospital it was the best day, but this was a really great day. >> yeah. >> we wadidn't want him to get picked on. so we thought if he would wear suits he would stop getting picked on. >> before he went to bed he was crying and