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Drop-a-Dime

Description: Story on the Drop-a-Dime Program started by Roxbury residents Georgette Watson and Rev. Bruce Wall. Pedestrians on the streets of Roxbury and Roxbury neighborhood in the evening. Watson points out a drug dealer and a building out of which the drug trade operates. Interview with Watson about the drug problem in the city and the effectiveness of the Drop-a-Dime Program. She talks about the role of neighborhood youth in the drug trade. Representatives from the Drop-a-Dime Program were not included in the mayor's newly formed council on drug abuse. Mayor Ray Flynn holds press conference announcing the formation of the council. Ben Thompson, Chairman of the council, says that the council intends to work with anti-crime and drug prevention groups across the city. William Weld, US Attorney for Massachusetts, and Derek Sanderson, former player for the Boston Bruins, stand with the other members of the council at the press conference. Interview with Bruce Wall about how community groups have not been included on the council. He adds that members of community groups understand how the drug trade functions in their neighborhoods. Flynn will go to the Boston City Council to obtain funding to combat drug abuse in the city.
1:00:05: Visual: Shots through the windshield of a traveling car of Boston streets; of Washington Street; of youth gathered in front of a building. Audio of Georgette Watson (Roxbury community leader) talking about drug trafficking in her neighborhood. Watson points out a well-known drug dealer as he walks across the street. Watson talks about the role of neighborhood youth in the drug trade. Meg Vaillancourt reports that Watson is familiar with the drug trade in her neighborhood; that Watson and Reverend Bruce Wall (Roxbury community leader) started the Drop-a-Dime program. Vaillancourt reports that the Drop-a-Dime program encourages residents to phone in tips and information about the drug trade to police; that South Boston and Roxbury police have found the tips to be mostly accurate. V: Shots of Watson and Wall; of a tape recorder. Footage of a hand pressing the play button on the tape recorder. Audiocassette is heard playing in the background of the report. Shots from a traveling car of Washington Street in the evening. Vaillancourt reports that Watson wants to expand Drop-a-Dime program into a city-wide service; that representatives from the program were not included in the mayor's council on drug abuse. V: Footage of Watson saying that Drop-a-Dime deserves more support from the mayor and the city. Vaillancourt reports that the Ray Flynn (Mayor of the City of Boston) held a press conference today to announce his new drug abuse council; that Flynn did not answer questions regarding the absence of Drop-a-Dime representatives from the council. V: Shots of Flynn and his council at a press conference. Footage of Ben Thompson (Chairman of the Council), saying that the council intends to be "inclusive"; that the council intends to work with other anti-crime and drug prevention groups across the city. Footage of Wall saying that community groups need to be included on the mayor's council; that community groups understand how the drug trade functions on the streets of the city. Shots of members of the drug abuse council, including William Weld (US Attorney for Massachusetts) and Derek Sanderson (former player for the Boston Bruins). Footage of Flynn explaining that Sanderson will be paid by the city of Boston; that the rest of the committee is made up of volunteers. Shots of the council preparing to leave the press conference. Vaillancourt notes that the council is made up of local and state officials. Vaillancourt notes that the council will prepare a report on how the city can combat drug abuse; that Flynn will take the report to the Boston City Council in order to obtain funding; that it will be difficult for Flynn to obtain extra funds because of the economic crisis faced by the city.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/07/1984

OUTDOOR MARKET, WELFARE OFFICE

Description: This tape features footage of a neighborhood in Roxbury. African American residents walk along the sidewalks. The storefronts are vacant and graffiti is visible on the buildings. An African American man makes slow dance motions on the street. A group of young African American men are gathered on a sidewalk. One man takes a drink from a bottle disguised in a paper bag. African American shoppers, mostly women, shop at an outdoor market set up on a vacant lot near Blue Hill Avenue. Shots of the shoppers, the vendors, and the produce. Shots of another vacant lot near Blue Hill Avenue. A man stands at the entrance of the Public Welfare Office in Roxbury. African American residents enter and exit the building. Neighborhood residents and children walk along Blue Hill Avenue.
1:00:06: Visual: A young African American man stands on a street corner in Roxbury. The storefronts look vacant. Graffiti is visible on the buildings. African American neighborhood residents pass by on the sidewalk. Another African American man walks across the street and continues down the sidewalk. People stop to talk to one another on the sidewalk. An African American man makes slow dance motions in the street. Elevated train tracks are visible behind him. The man stops and stands at the side of the road. People pass by on the sidewalk. 1:03:45: V: A group of young African American men are gathered on a sidewalk. People pass by them on the sidewalk. One man takes a drink from a bottle disguised in a paper bag. 1:04:44: V: An outdoor market is set up in a vacant lot. African American shoppers choose their produce. The produce sellers bag the produce. Workers replenish the wooden tubs of produce. Shots of the produce. A produce seller pitches the produce to passersby. Workers pile greens in tubs. An African American worker separates some potatoes. African American women stop to talk at the outdoor market. Shots of the shoppers; of the produce. An African American worker unloads boxes and bags from a truck. Another worker measures a bag of produce on a scale. An elderly African American woman ducks out of the way of the camera. 1:10:04: V: An African American shopper examines lettuce. The produce seller weighs and bags the lettuce for her. Shot of worker refilling a display of yams. An African American female shopper jokes affectionately with the produce seller. The elderly African American woman chooses some greens and puts them in a bag. 1:13:00: V: Shots of underbrush on a vacant lot. Trash is strewn among the underbrush. An off-camera voice explains that the outdoor market was held on Blue Hill Avenue. Cars pass by on Blue Hill Avenue near the market. Storefronts on the street look dilapidated and boarded up. Shoppers walk on the sidewalk, away from the market. 1:14:01: V: A man stands at the entrance of the Public Welfare Office in Roxbury. An off-camera voice explains that they tried to get shots inside of the Public Welfare Office; that he could not get shots of the interior of the office. Shot of the words carved in stone above the door, "City of Boston Overseers of the Public Welfare." A few African Americans enter and exit the building. 1:15:29: V: An African American teenage boy stands on a sidewalk in front of a house. A few African American children walk over to greet him. The teenage boy walks down the sidewalk. A car pulls to the side of Blue Hill Avenue. Two African American women exit the car. A group of young African American men walk on the street. African Americans walk along the sidewalk of Blue Hill Avenue.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/31/1984

PREGNANT WOMAN

Description: PREGNANT WOMAN BEING EXAMINED AT ROXBURY HEALTH CENTER. (SOME EXPLICIT SHOTS)
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/05/1984

Ruggles Street day care

Description: Ruggles Street day care center. Children play with white paste-like substance, colored paper, buttons, markers. Teacher oversees activities.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/03/1984

Street scenes

Description: ROXBURY STREET SCENES, JOHN HANCOCK BUILDING, PRUDENTIAL CENTER, SUNNY DECEMBER DAY **MISSING**
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/20/1984

VACANT LOTS

Description: The tape includes traveling shots of Blue Hill Avenue from a moving car. The car passes boarded-up storefronts and operational storefronts. Trash is visible on the street and graffiti is evident on buildings. The car passes many vacant lots along Blue Hill Avenue. Piles of rubble are visible on some of the lots. African American residents walk along Washington Street in Roxbury. A group of men is gathered near the Shanty Lounge.
1:00:02: Visual: Traveling shot of Blue Hill Avenue from a moving car: graffiti on buildings, trash on street, scaffolding, boarded-up storefronts, operational stores and restauraunts. 1:01:34: V: A vacant lot is strewn with trash. Weeds are growing in the lot. Traveling shot of Blue Hill Avenue from a moving car. The car passes several vacant lots. Shots of vacant lots. Trash is visible along the street and among the piles of rubble in the lots. A few of the lots have been cleared of rubble. 1:08:00: V: Cars and an MBTA bus travel slowly down Blue Hill Avenue. An off-camera voice explains that they are videotaping on lower Blue Hill Avenue; that the neighborhood is quiet today. 1:08:52: V: A group of African American men and a few children are gathered on the sidewalk in front of the Shanty Lounge near the corner of Washington and Northampton Streets. Shot of a vacant lot on Washington Street, in front of a housing project. African Americans pass by on the sidewalk. Shot of storefronts on Northampton Street; of elevated train tracks on Washington Street. Cars pass by on Washington Street. A train passes by on the elevated tracks. Two African American men stand on the sidewalk on Washington Street. Two other African American men walk on the sidewalk on Northampton Street. They pass a wall painted with graffiti. A group of men is still gathered near the Shanty Lounge on Washington Street.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/31/1984