for the pbs newshour, this is fred de sam lazaro in new delhi. >> yang: fred's reporting is a partnershiph the undertold stories project at the university of st thomas, in minnesota. >> yang: now, a new book by the one-time manager of john f, kennedy's 1960 campaign in west virginia, a founder of the peace corps and the editor of the storied "washington monthly" charles peters takes on modern america in "we do our part: toward a fairer and more equal america." here again is judy woodruff, who sat down with peters recently and asked him why this book and why now? >> i was terribly concerned about the things that had taken us apart from a country that was relatively together during the time i was growing up, the franklin roosevelt era, i would say, lasted roughly until 1965. not only were incomes becoming more equal, but the country was becoming more equal in the sense that blacks were achieving legal rights that they had never known, and our jewish prejudice was radically diminished by the mid '60s and our catholic prejudice almost disappeared. so it was a country that seemed to be coming

as special correspondent fred de sam lazaro reports as part of his agents for change series, one specialus of classes is to teach africa's next generation of leaders about ethics. >> reporter: it looks like a pretty typical college campus-- with students working in computer labs, studying at the library or hanging out with friends. but ashesi university, in the west african nation of ghana, has embarked on an experiment which its founder hopes will help start to fundamentally change the entire continent. >> in the next three decades or so, the population of africa is going to double and 40% of working age people in the world are going to be africans. a lot of jobs are going to be created. we need to be educating the next bench in a way that they're going to create those jobs and opportunities for people. >> reporter: patrick awuah was born and raised in ghana, but came to the united states on scholarship to get an undergraduate degree in engineering from swarthmore, and an m.b.a. from the university of california, berkeley. he went on to become a program manager at microsoft. when he dec

for the pbs newshour, this is fred de sam lazaro, in coimbatore, india. >> woodruff: fred's reportingpartnership with the undertold stories project at the university of saint thomas in minnesota. >> woodruff: a cold-blooded murder uploaded onto the social media site facebook on sunday sent shockwaves reverberating across social media and beyond today, as the manhunt for the killer intensified. john yang has the story. >> yang: the 57-second video shows a man identified as steve stephens driving the streets of cleveland while talking on the phone ... he then steps from the car and confronts robert godwin senior...a 74 year-old retired foundry worker, father of 9 and grandfather of 14 -- and shoots him dead ... the online killing reportedly remained on the site for nearly 3 hours before facebook removed it... in a statement late today, the company said... that "the video has no place on facebook and goes against our policies and everything we stand for." the company said they are reviewing how it operates, "to be sure people can report videos that violate our standards as quickly as pos