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MAN FROM ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH GROUP TESTS WATER AT CARSON BEACH. pollution
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Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
07/03/1985
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HOUSES IN SOUTH BOSTON, CHILDREN ON TOUR OF NEIGHBORHOOD, ARCHITECTURE OF 1800s.
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Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
05/16/1985
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HOUSES IN SOUTH BOSTON, CHILDREN ON TOUR OF NEIGHBORHOOD, ARCHITECTURE OF 1800s
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Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
05/16/1985
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L STREET BATHHOUSE, PARIS STREET GYM, BOXING, BASKETBALL
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Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
06/30/1985
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ANNUAL ST. PATRICK'S LUNCH IN SOUTH BOSTON. RAY FLYNN, JOSEPH TIERNEY, ALBERT DAPPER O'NEIL. eating corned beef. Irish.
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Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
03/14/1985
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Jerome Wynegar (Headmaster, South Boston High School) welcomes Laval Wilson (Superintendent of Schools), John Nucci (President, Boston School Committee), Ray Flynn (Mayor, City of Boston), Gerry D'Amico (State Senator), and Michael Dukakis (Governor of Massachusetts) to South Boston High School. Gerard Indelicato (Special Assistant to the Governor), Ed Doherty (President, Boston Teacher's Union) and Kathleen Kelly (former President, Boston Teachers' Union) are also present. Dukakis addresses a group of students in the auditorium of the high school. Wynegar leads the officials on a tour of the high school. The officials visit a food service area and a computer lab. The officials greet and speak to teachers, staff, and students at the school. Wilson speaks to the media outside of the school. Wilson says that he is making an effort to visit as many schools as possible. Joseph Casper (Boston School Committee) greets Wilson in front of the media. Casper is interviewed by the media. Casper says that Dukakis insisted on visiting South Boston High School because it would attract media coverage. Casper says that some South Boston residents are offended by the visit. A group of South Boston residents are standing across from the school. They shout occasionally at the officials outside of the school. One of the women holds a protest sign. Meg Vaillancourt interviews South Boston residents Betty Picard and Nancy Carter about their protest. Picard says that few South Boston residents attend South Boston High School; she is upset about the officials' visit to the school. Carter says that she has sent her five children to private school. She notes that South Boston residents have not put the busing crisis behind them. She says that "the wound is still open." Vaillancourt does several takes of her reportage for a news story
1:00:04: Visual: Jerome Wynegar (Headmaster, South Boston High School) stands in the auditorium of South Boston High School. City and state officials including Laval Wilson (Superintendent of Schools), John Nucci (President, Boston School Committee), Ray Flynn (Mayor, City of Boston), Gerry D'Amico (State Senator), and Michael Dukakis (Governor of Massachusetts) are visiting South Boston High School on the day after Arthur Garrity (federal judge) has withdrawn from his supervisory role over the Boston Public Schools. Wynegar introduces the officials who are standing with him in front of the stage. Wynegar introduces Gerard Indelicato (Special Assistant to the Governor), Ed Doherty (President, Boston Teachers' Union) and Kathleen Kelly (former President, Boston Teachers' Union). Wilson leans over to shake Kelly's hand. Wynegar introduces Dukakis. 1:01:19: V; Dukakis takes the microphone and thanks the audience. Dukakis talks about the importance of education. He urges students to take advantage of the opportunities provided to them through education. Dukakis asks if any of the students attended the Dearborn School. Dukakis points out that D'Amico used to teach there. Dukakis says that he is proud of the teachers in the Boston School System; that he is confident in Wilson as the new superintendent. Dukakis thanks the students. Shot of the students in the audience. Wilson shakes Dukakis's hand. Wynegar announces that he is going to take the officials on a tour of the school. The officials file out of the auditorium. The students remain in their seats. Dukakis and the other officials speak informally and greet each other in the hallway outside of the auditorium. Dukakis greets some people who are standing in the hallway. Wilson is approached for a photo by a photographer from the school newspaper. Wynegar introduces Dukakis and Wilson to two female teachers who are standing in the hallway. Nucci and Indelicato stand with Wynegar, Dukakis, and Wilson. 1:04:55: V: Wynegar, Nucci, Dukakis, Wilson, Indelicato and others walk through the hallways of South Boston High School. Wilson speaks to an African American woman in the hallway. The officials walk through the halls and step inside a food service classroom. Dukakis, Wilson, and the other officials listen as a white male teacher talks about the food service program. The teacher talks about job placement for graduates. Wilson shakes hands with the teacher. Wynegar introduces Wilson and the others to two female teachers. Shot of Wynegar. Wilson jokes lightheartedly with one of the teachers about sampling some of the food. Wynegar and the officials file out of the room. Dukakis waves goodbye to the teachers. 1:07:32: V: Wynegar gives the officials a tour of a computer lab. Wilson, Dukakis and the other officials are introduced to some teachers in the room. Shots of the Apple computers in the lab. The officials talk to one of the teachers, who is also a hockey coach. Shots of the officials leaving the room, led by Dukakis, Wilson, Nucci, and Wynegar. The officials walk through a classroom. Shots of computers in the computer lab. 1:09:08: V: The officials file out of South Boston High School. Wilson descends the steps. Nucci says goodbye to a Wynegar, Dukakis, and few people as he descends the steps. Dukakis and Nucci stop to talk for a minute. Members of the media approach Wilson as he stands by a car. Wilson says that he has visited thirteen schools in two days; that the opening of school is going well this year. A reporter asks Wilson about the significance of his visit to South Boston High School. Wilson says that the purpose of his visit is to see the students all across the city of Boston. A reporter asks if he is concerned about the group of South Boston residents who are standing on the corner. The reporter notes that the residents are angry about Wilson's visit. Wilson says that he is focused on seeing young people in classrooms. A woman mentions to Wilson that the residents are here to confront Flynn and Dukakis. Joe Casper (member, Boston School Committee) is visible behind Flynn. 1:10:18: V: A group of white, middle-aged women and their young children stand on a street corner on G Street, across from South Boston High School. The women shout comments at the officials across the street. One of the woman holds a bumper sticker which says, "Give it back, Mike." 1:10:37: V: The media interviews Casper and Wilson. Casper says that he does not know why the media is here today. Casper notes that a visit to South Boston High School is symbolic. Casper extends his wishes to the superintendent for a good school year. He advises him lightheartedly to stay away from "the Duke and the mayor." Wilson gets into his car and prepares to leave the school. Casper tells a reporter that "the Duke" insisted on a visit to South Boston High School. Casper says that Wilson did not think a visit to South Boston High School was a good idea; that Dukakis insisted on the visit. Casper notes that Dukakis has not visited the school in the past decade. Casper adds that Wilson is "a good guy"; that Wilson was pressured into making a visit to the school. Vaillancourt asks Casper to explain the situation. Casper tells Vaillancourt that the governor insisted on visiting South Boston High School. Casper says that a visit to an integrated South Boston High School is a good photo opportunity for the governor. Casper says that he suggested visiting a different high school; that a visit to South Boston High School might offend some people. Vaillancourt asks who would be offended by a visit to South Boston High School. Casper says that Flynn and Dukakis wanted to come to South Boston High School because NBC News would cover the visit; that they wanted national coverage of their visit to an integrated South Boston High School with the new African American superintendent of the Boston Public Schools. Casper notes that residents of South Boston became angry when they heard about the visit. Casper says that he would like to see the school year start quietly; that it makes no sense to stir up the feelings of South Boston residents. Vaillancourt points out that the women across the street are pushing for the repeal of the surtax; that residents do not seem to be upset. Casper says that Vaillancourt should go talk to the women across the street; that the women are upset. 1:14:09: V: Vaillancourt interviews Betty Picard (South Boston resident), who is among the women protesting across the street from South Boston High School. Vaillancourt asks Picard why she is protesting. Picard says that she is upset that the mayor and the governor chose to visit South Boston High School; that they should have picked another high school to visit. Picard says that she resents Flynn because he has changed his position; that Flynn started out as an anti-busing candidate. Picard says that she did not vote for Dukakis. Picard says that Flynn and Dukakis were "rubbing salt into the wound" by visiting the school. Another woman stands behind Picard, holding up a bumper sticker reading, "Give it back, Mike!" Vaillancourt asks Picard if South Boston High School is peaceful nowadays. Picard says that there are seventy children in the school today; that there are very few students from South Boston who attend South Boston High School. Picard says that South Boston residents have to pay to send their kids to school. Picard says that there is tight discipline in South Boston High School; that Wynegar controls who goes to school and who does not. Vaillancourt tries to interview two other women. The women refuse to be interviewed. Vaillancourt asks Nancy Carter (South Boston resident) why she is protesting. Carter holds up one of the bumper stickers reading, "Give it back, Mike" . Vaillancourt asks if Carter is protesting the surtax. Carter says that she wants the high school back too. Carter says that Flynn was standing today on the steps of the school where a white South Boston student was stabbed. Carter says that she has five children; that she sent them all to private schools. Carter says that she will not allow her children to be sent to school in Roxbury. Carter says that "the wound is still open and the wound will stay open." Carter says that she wants neighborhood schools restored to the neighborhoods; that she does not care if the schools become segregated again. 1:18:13: V: Vaillancourt stands in front of South Boston High School. Vaillancourt reports that Flynn said today that the turmoil is over at South Boston High School. Vaillancourt notes that some residents of South Boston have not forgotten the busing crisis. Vaillancourt reports that it may take years for the wounds to heal in South Boston. Vaillancourt does two takes of her reports for the news story. 1:20:42: V: Shot of a Boston City Council campaign sign for Jim Kelly (South Boston Information Center). Shot of a campaign sign for Ray Flynn (Mayor of Boston).
1:00:04: Visual: Jerome Wynegar (Headmaster, South Boston High School) stands in the auditorium of South Boston High School. City and state officials including Laval Wilson (Superintendent of Schools), John Nucci (President, Boston School Committee), Ray Flynn (Mayor, City of Boston), Gerry D'Amico (State Senator), and Michael Dukakis (Governor of Massachusetts) are visiting South Boston High School on the day after Arthur Garrity (federal judge) has withdrawn from his supervisory role over the Boston Public Schools. Wynegar introduces the officials who are standing with him in front of the stage. Wynegar introduces Gerard Indelicato (Special Assistant to the Governor), Ed Doherty (President, Boston Teachers' Union) and Kathleen Kelly (former President, Boston Teachers' Union). Wilson leans over to shake Kelly's hand. Wynegar introduces Dukakis. 1:01:19: V; Dukakis takes the microphone and thanks the audience. Dukakis talks about the importance of education. He urges students to take advantage of the opportunities provided to them through education. Dukakis asks if any of the students attended the Dearborn School. Dukakis points out that D'Amico used to teach there. Dukakis says that he is proud of the teachers in the Boston School System; that he is confident in Wilson as the new superintendent. Dukakis thanks the students. Shot of the students in the audience. Wilson shakes Dukakis's hand. Wynegar announces that he is going to take the officials on a tour of the school. The officials file out of the auditorium. The students remain in their seats. Dukakis and the other officials speak informally and greet each other in the hallway outside of the auditorium. Dukakis greets some people who are standing in the hallway. Wilson is approached for a photo by a photographer from the school newspaper. Wynegar introduces Dukakis and Wilson to two female teachers who are standing in the hallway. Nucci and Indelicato stand with Wynegar, Dukakis, and Wilson. 1:04:55: V: Wynegar, Nucci, Dukakis, Wilson, Indelicato and others walk through the hallways of South Boston High School. Wilson speaks to an African American woman in the hallway. The officials walk through the halls and step inside a food service classroom. Dukakis, Wilson, and the other officials listen as a white male teacher talks about the food service program. The teacher talks about job placement for graduates. Wilson shakes hands with the teacher. Wynegar introduces Wilson and the others to two female teachers. Shot of Wynegar. Wilson jokes lightheartedly with one of the teachers about sampling some of the food. Wynegar and the officials file out of the room. Dukakis waves goodbye to the teachers. 1:07:32: V: Wynegar gives the officials a tour of a computer lab. Wilson, Dukakis and the other officials are introduced to some teachers in the room. Shots of the Apple computers in the lab. The officials talk to one of the teachers, who is also a hockey coach. Shots of the officials leaving the room, led by Dukakis, Wilson, Nucci, and Wynegar. The officials walk through a classroom. Shots of computers in the computer lab. 1:09:08: V: The officials file out of South Boston High School. Wilson descends the steps. Nucci says goodbye to a Wynegar, Dukakis, and few people as he descends the steps. Dukakis and Nucci stop to talk for a minute. Members of the media approach Wilson as he stands by a car. Wilson says that he has visited thirteen schools in two days; that the opening of school is going well this year. A reporter asks Wilson about the significance of his visit to South Boston High School. Wilson says that the purpose of his visit is to see the students all across the city of Boston. A reporter asks if he is concerned about the group of South Boston residents who are standing on the corner. The reporter notes that the residents are angry about Wilson's visit. Wilson says that he is focused on seeing young people in classrooms. A woman mentions to Wilson that the residents are here to confront Flynn and Dukakis. Joe Casper (member, Boston School Committee) is visible behind Flynn. 1:10:18: V: A group of white, middle-aged women and their young children stand on a street corner on G Street, across from South Boston High School. The women shout comments at the officials across the street. One of the woman holds a bumper sticker which says, "Give it back, Mike." 1:10:37: V: The media interviews Casper and Wilson. Casper says that he does not know why the media is here today. Casper notes that a visit to South Boston High School is symbolic. Casper extends his wishes to the superintendent for a good school year. He advises him lightheartedly to stay away from "the Duke and the mayor." Wilson gets into his car and prepares to leave the school. Casper tells a reporter that "the Duke" insisted on a visit to South Boston High School. Casper says that Wilson did not think a visit to South Boston High School was a good idea; that Dukakis insisted on the visit. Casper notes that Dukakis has not visited the school in the past decade. Casper adds that Wilson is "a good guy"; that Wilson was pressured into making a visit to the school. Vaillancourt asks Casper to explain the situation. Casper tells Vaillancourt that the governor insisted on visiting South Boston High School. Casper says that a visit to an integrated South Boston High School is a good photo opportunity for the governor. Casper says that he suggested visiting a different high school; that a visit to South Boston High School might offend some people. Vaillancourt asks who would be offended by a visit to South Boston High School. Casper says that Flynn and Dukakis wanted to come to South Boston High School because NBC News would cover the visit; that they wanted national coverage of their visit to an integrated South Boston High School with the new African American superintendent of the Boston Public Schools. Casper notes that residents of South Boston became angry when they heard about the visit. Casper says that he would like to see the school year start quietly; that it makes no sense to stir up the feelings of South Boston residents. Vaillancourt points out that the women across the street are pushing for the repeal of the surtax; that residents do not seem to be upset. Casper says that Vaillancourt should go talk to the women across the street; that the women are upset. 1:14:09: V: Vaillancourt interviews Betty Picard (South Boston resident), who is among the women protesting across the street from South Boston High School. Vaillancourt asks Picard why she is protesting. Picard says that she is upset that the mayor and the governor chose to visit South Boston High School; that they should have picked another high school to visit. Picard says that she resents Flynn because he has changed his position; that Flynn started out as an anti-busing candidate. Picard says that she did not vote for Dukakis. Picard says that Flynn and Dukakis were "rubbing salt into the wound" by visiting the school. Another woman stands behind Picard, holding up a bumper sticker reading, "Give it back, Mike!" Vaillancourt asks Picard if South Boston High School is peaceful nowadays. Picard says that there are seventy children in the school today; that there are very few students from South Boston who attend South Boston High School. Picard says that South Boston residents have to pay to send their kids to school. Picard says that there is tight discipline in South Boston High School; that Wynegar controls who goes to school and who does not. Vaillancourt tries to interview two other women. The women refuse to be interviewed. Vaillancourt asks Nancy Carter (South Boston resident) why she is protesting. Carter holds up one of the bumper stickers reading, "Give it back, Mike" . Vaillancourt asks if Carter is protesting the surtax. Carter says that she wants the high school back too. Carter says that Flynn was standing today on the steps of the school where a white South Boston student was stabbed. Carter says that she has five children; that she sent them all to private schools. Carter says that she will not allow her children to be sent to school in Roxbury. Carter says that "the wound is still open and the wound will stay open." Carter says that she wants neighborhood schools restored to the neighborhoods; that she does not care if the schools become segregated again. 1:18:13: V: Vaillancourt stands in front of South Boston High School. Vaillancourt reports that Flynn said today that the turmoil is over at South Boston High School. Vaillancourt notes that some residents of South Boston have not forgotten the busing crisis. Vaillancourt reports that it may take years for the wounds to heal in South Boston. Vaillancourt does two takes of her reports for the news story. 1:20:42: V: Shot of a Boston City Council campaign sign for Jim Kelly (South Boston Information Center). Shot of a campaign sign for Ray Flynn (Mayor of Boston).
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Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
09/05/1985
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SHOOTING 'SPENSER' IN SOUTH BOSTON, CHURCH SCENE, INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT URICH
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Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
09/17/1985
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SHOOTING TV SHOW 'SPENSER' IN SOUTH BOSTON, PLAYGROUND, PRIEST SCENE.
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Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
09/17/1985
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Christopher Lydon introduces a Ten O'Clock News special broadcast marking the birthday of Martin Luth King, Jr. Lydon reviews King's life and accomplishments. This report features footage of King during the civil rights movement. Paul Solman reports on unemployment in the African American community. Solman notes that many young African Americans are not given the training, education, and support necessary to succeed in the workplace. Solman's report includes footage from interviews with Paul McLemore (Boston resident), Sarah Flint (McLemore's aunt), and Tom Jones (Vice President, John Hancock Mutual Insurance). Gail Harris reports on development in the Roxbury/Dorchester/Mattapan neighborhoods. Harris reports that the area is becoming more attractive to developers and that property values are expected to rise. Harris adds that many residents are suspicious of development plans by the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) and fear being displaced from their homes. Harris' report features footage from interviews with Mamie Mabine (tenant, Orchard Park Housing Project), John Cruz (developer), Ken Guscott (developer), Byron Rushing (State Representative), Otto Snowden (co-founder, Freedom House), Muriel Snowden (co-founder, Freedom House), and a BRA official. Meg Vaillancourt reports on the long-term effects of school desegregation on the Boston Public School system. Vaillancourt notes that attendance and test scores have dropped since 1974. Vaillancourt reports that many African American parents support a "freedom of choice" plan in which a certain number of seats in each school are set aside for students of each racial group. Vaillancourt interviews Robert Peterkin (Former Deputy Superintendent, Boston Public Schools), Robert Spillane (Superintendent, Boston Public Schools), Kenneth Haskins (Harvard School of Education), Charles Willie (Court Appointed Master for Desegregation), Mildred Reid (Jamaica Plain resident), and students at Brighton High School for the report. Vaillancourt's report also includes footage of students at Brighton High School, Jackson/Mann Elementary School, South Boston High School, and English High School. Christopher Lydon interviews in-studio guests Dr. Virgil Wood (Pond Street Baptist Church) and Dr. Helen Edmonds (Visiting Professor, MIT) about King's legacy and progress in the civil rights movement since King's death. Wood says that society has regressed in the areas of racism, war and poverty since the death of King. Wood and Edmonds talk about African American students at white universities. Wood and Edmonds discuss the gap between the African American middle class and the African American underclass. Callie Crossley (WGBH reporter) talks about her memories of King as a teenager growing up in Memphis, Tennessee. The newscast closes over footage of Stevie Wonder (pop singer) and Jesse Jackson (African American political leader) at a celebration in honor of King in Washington DC. Produced by Glanda Manzi. Directed by Heather Aveson.
1:00:15: The logos of The Ten O'Clock News underwriters Shawmut Bank, New England Telephone, and The Nimrod Press are displayed. Christopher Lydon introduces a Ten O'Clock News special broadcast marking the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. (civil rights leader). Visual: Footage of King marching with other activists during the March on Washington; of civil rights protestors holding signs at the march. Footage of King delivering the "I Have a Dream" speech. Shots of march participants on the National Mall, listening to King's speech. Shot of King winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Shots of signs in the South indicating separate facilities for whites and "colored" people. Footage of King giving a speech about the struggle for equality. Lydon reviews King's life and accomplishments. Lydon notes King's role in the civil rights movement. Lydon says that King won the Nobel Peace Prize; that King was America's "moral leader"; that King advocated "passive resistance" to segregation. V: Footage of King surrounded by the news media; of mourners at King's funeral. Lydon notes that King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. 1:03:04: Lydon gives an overview of the evening's newscast. Paul Solman reports that African American unemployment is up 40% in Massachusetts since 1970, despite the economic boom. V: Shot of the interior of the mall at Copley Plaza. Shot of Fred McLemore (Boston resident) crossing a street, with the Boston skyline visible in the background. Shots of McLemore entering a building and climbing the stairs to his apartment. Solman reports that McLemore's family moved to Boston from Alabama in 1970. V: Footage of McLemore saying that there are opportunities for jobs and education in Boston; that he does not have a job right now. Shots of McLemore's apartment. Solman notes that McLemore's father has returned to Alabama. Solman reports that Boston may be less economically hospitable for some residents than it was in 1970. Solman says that Tom Jones (Vice President, John Hancock Mutual Insurance) has a good job and is a successful real estate investor. V: Shots of Jones' office. Footage of Jones saying that he was able to succeed because his parents were well educated. Jones says that his parents taught him the value of education and discipline. Footage of McLemore saying that he did not have a career in mind for himself when he was growing up; that he wanted to be rich. Solman reports that Jones' success would have been unheard of before the civil rights movement. V: Shots of Prince (rock star) memorabilia on McLemore's wall. Shots of Jones' office; of two African American male college students studying outside of a building; of an African American family at a college campus. Solman reports that statistics show that Boston provides a chance at equal opportunity for some African Americans. V: Shots of African American men standing on a street corner. Shot of McLemore. Footage of Jones saying that McLemore does not have a great chance of succeeding because McLemore has dropped out of school. Solman reports that African American high school dropouts have a 35% chance of being officially "poor"; that African American high school dropouts have a 40% chance of being unemployed; that African American high school dropouts have a 21% chance of being convicted of a crime. V: Shots of the entrance to the Boston Public Welfare office; of an African American man performing slow dance moves on the street; of a breakdancing poster on McLemore's wall. Footage of McLemore talking about a job interview for a position in the stock room of Filene's Basement Department Store. McLemore says that he did not get the job. Footage of Jones questioning whether McLemore dresses appropriately for his job interviews. Footage of Jones saying that McLemore probably should not wear an earring. Footage of McLemore saying that he dresses neatly for job interviews. Footage of Jones saying that people need to be given training about how to handle job interviews. Solman reports that McLemore has had no training for his job interviews. V: Footage of Sarah Flint (McLemore's aunt) saying that it is difficult for African Americans to find jobs if they are not educated. Shots of young African American men walking on a street. Solman says that vocational training programs do not target young African Americans; that vocational training programs are being cut by the government. Solman says that young people need to be trained for jobs; that businesses need skilled workers. V: Shots of a vocational training center; of job advertisements in a newspaper; of an African American neighborhood. Footage of Jones saying that the white majority is comforted by African American success stories; that no one will take responsibility for helping less advantaged African Americans. Shot of McLemore. Solman says that young African Americans must be given the means to take advantage of opportunites for success. 1:08:50: Gail Harris reports that most African Americans in Boston live in Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan; that Roxbury neighborhoods are faced with changes. V: Shots of a brownstone building in Roxbury; of two African American girls in front of a housing project. Footage of Mamie Mabine (Orchard Park tenant) says that low-income residents are afraid of being displaced from the neighborhood. Shots of housing projects in Roxbury. Harris reports that there are 7,000 public housing units within one half mile of the Dudley MBTA Station. V: Shots of an empty apartment in the Orchard Park Housing Project. The floor of the apartment is strewn with garbage. Shot of graffiti outside of the housing project. Harris reports that squatters, drug addicts, and thieves are drawn to empty apartments in the Orchard Park Housing Project. V: Footage of John Cruz (developer) saying that the Orchard Park Housing Project is terribly depressed; that the housing project makes the surrounding neighborhood unattractive to developers. Shots of renovated residential buildings in Roxbury. Harris reports that the MBTA will soon tear down the elevated tracks along Washington Street; that property values in the area are expected to rise as a result. V: Shots of an elevated train pulling into a dilapidated station. Footage of Ken Guscott (developer) saying that developers are beginning to take an interest in the Dudley Street area. Harris stands in a vacant lot in Roxbury. Harris reports that vacant lots are attractive to white and minority developers. V: Footage of Byron Rushing (State Representative) saying that Roxbury residents need to question the motives of the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA); that the neighborhood needs to be improved for the benefit of all residents. Shots of newly built houses. Harris reports that it is hard to improve a poor neighborhood without making it too expensive for the poor residents to live there. V: Footage of Otto Snowden (Co-founder, Freedom House) asks where poor African Americans will live if they are displaced from Roxbury. Footage of Muriel Snowden (Co-founder, Freedom House) saying that developers do not care about the African American community. Shots of the city of Boston from above; of a building being demolished; of an empty lot; of a few people walking toward the entrance of an old house. Footage of MBTA trains passing through Roxbury. Harris reports that the BRA wants to improve the neighborhood without displacing people. Harris reports that the BRA plans to sell city land at lower costs; that the BRA plans to speed up approval for projects near Dudley Station; that the BRA will encourage big developers to build in Roxbury with minority developers as partners. V: Footage of a BRA official saying that the Roxbury community will be involved in shaping the BRA's plan for development in Roxbury. Shot of a person walking on a snowy street in Roxbury. 1:13:17: V: Footage of buses pulling up to South Boston High School on the first day of school in 1974. Protestors in front of the school jeer at the buses. Shots of an anti-busing protest march; of police arresting a white man in South Boston; of National Guard soldiers in riot gear. Meg Vaillancourt reviews the strong opposition by some Boston residents to busing for school desegregation in the mid-1970s. Vaillancourt reports that opposition to busing has disappeared; that African American and white students peacefully attend integrated schools. V: Shots of the exterior of South Boston High School; of African American students exiting a bus in front of South Boston High School; of a police officer standing quietly in front of South Boston High School; of African American and white students descending an escalator at English High School. Vaillancourt says that the Boston Public School System still buses students for purposes of integration; that Arthur Garrity, Jr. (federal judge) still oversees the operation of the schools. V: Shots of African American students walking among school buses; of Garrity at a community meeting. Footage of Robert Peterkin (Former Deputy Superintendent, Boston Public Schools) saying that the the majority of students attending public schools in Boston are non-white. Footage of Robert Spillane (Superintendent, Boston Public Schools) saying that African American students are being bused into schools which already have a majority of African American students. Shots of African American and white students in classrooms; of an African American female teacher teaching students in a classroom. Vaillancourt reports that African Americans and Hispanics make up 70% of the student population in Boston's schools; that enrollment has dropped dramatically since the beginning of court-ordered desegregation. Vaillancourt notes that test scores are low; that school officials estimated that one third of the graduates from Boston public schools in 1980 were functionally illiterate. V: Footage of Kenneth Haskins (Harvard School of Education) saying that it is easy to comply with court-ordered desegregation by shifting students from school to school; that it is hard to provide a good integrated education for those students. Shot of a young African American girl in a classroom; of a young African American boy in a classroom; of two young Asian boys in a classroom. Vaillancourt stands in an integrated elementary school classroom at the Jackson/Mann Elementary School. Vaillancourt explains the "freedom of choice" plan put forth by frustrated African American parents. Vaillancourt reports that the plan reserves a certain number of seats in each school for each racial group; that parents choose schools on a first-come, first-served basis. V: Footage of Haskins saying that "the freedom of choice" is what parents have wanted since the beginning of school desegregation. Shots of African American parents in the audience at meeting of the Boston School Committee. Vaillancourt reports that a 1982 poll showed that 79% of African American parents support the "freedom of choice" plan. Vaillancourt notes that the NAACP disapproved of the plan; that Garrity and the Boston School Department rejected the plan. V: Shots of African American students boarding buses at South Boston High School. Vaillancourt reports that school officials defended busing as a means to overcome racially segregated housing patterns in Boston. V: Footage of Charles Willie (Court-Appointed Master for Desegregation) saying that the number of students bused to school did not increase dramatically with court-ordered desegregaton; that opponents of school desegregation used busing as an excuse to protest. Footage of Peterkin saying that the "freedom of choice" plan only works if all of the schools provide a good education. Shots of Mildred Reid (Jamaica Plain resident) helping her daughter Kim with homework. Vaillancourt reports that Mildred Reid's daughters are bused from Jamaica Plain to Brighton High School. V: Footage of Kim Reid (student) and her sister boarding a bus; of Kim Reid on the bus and in classrooms at Brighton High School. Audio of Kim Reid saying that she does not mind the bus ride; that she likes school. Footage of Reid saying that she is happy. Shots of an integrated elementary school classroom; of elementary school students performing The Wizard of Oz as a play. Shots of elementary and high school students in their classrooms. Vaillancourt says that integrated magnet schools with special programs have been successful in Boston; that a standardized curriculum and strict promotional standards are contributing to higher test scores; that many students in Boston's public high schools score below the national average in reading tests. V: Footage of buses descending G Street in South Boston. Vaillancourt says that quality education is now the goal of Boston Public Schools. 1:18:20: Lydon introduces in-studio guests Dr. Virgil Wood (Pond Street Baptist Church) and Dr. Helen Edmonds (Visiting Professor, MIT). Lydon notes that Wood was a close friend of Martin Luther King. Lydon asks the guests if society is making progress toward reaching the goals set by King. Wood says that King fought against racism, war, and poverty. Wood says that society has regressed in all three areas. Edmonds says that society is not making progress in the area of civil rights; that the laws have been passed, but not enough change has been effected. Lydon asks if society has lost sight of King and his legacy. Edmonds says that society has lost sight of King. Edmonds accuses African American students at white schools of segregating themselves from the white population. Wood disagrees with Edmonds. Wood says that minority students at white universities need a "beachhead" from which to launch themselves into the mainstream; that minority students need a place to gather strength before going out into the mainstream population. Lydon asks about the divide between the African American middle class and the African American underclass. Wood says that King united the upper classes and the lower classes in Montgomery, Alabama, around common goals. Wood says that King would try to bridge the divide between classes if he were alive. Edmonds talks about the need for an African American leader to draw attention to the needs of the African American underclass. Lydon thanks the guests and closes the interview. 1:24:19: Lydon introduces a report by Callie Crossley. Crossley talks about growing up as a teenager in Memphis, Tennessee. She describes being denied access to the public library. Crossley says that King's leadership in the fight for equality led her to join the civil rights movement as a teenager. Crossley says that she was among the picketers supporting the strike by African American sanitation workers in Memphis in 1968; that she remembers when King arrived in Memphis to support the strike. Crossley describes the day of King's assassination. Crossley notes that all African Americans have benefitted from King's struggle and leadership. 1:27:07: Lydon closes the newscast. V: Footage of King's speech to the audience on the National Mall during the March on Washington. Footage of Stevie Wonder (pop singer) singing at a celebration on the National Mall marking King's birthday. Jesse Jackson (African American leader) stands next to Wonder. A large crowd dances and cheers. The logos of The Ten O'Clock News underwriters Shawmut Bank, New England Telephone, and The Nimrod Press are displayed.
1:00:15: The logos of The Ten O'Clock News underwriters Shawmut Bank, New England Telephone, and The Nimrod Press are displayed. Christopher Lydon introduces a Ten O'Clock News special broadcast marking the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. (civil rights leader). Visual: Footage of King marching with other activists during the March on Washington; of civil rights protestors holding signs at the march. Footage of King delivering the "I Have a Dream" speech. Shots of march participants on the National Mall, listening to King's speech. Shot of King winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Shots of signs in the South indicating separate facilities for whites and "colored" people. Footage of King giving a speech about the struggle for equality. Lydon reviews King's life and accomplishments. Lydon notes King's role in the civil rights movement. Lydon says that King won the Nobel Peace Prize; that King was America's "moral leader"; that King advocated "passive resistance" to segregation. V: Footage of King surrounded by the news media; of mourners at King's funeral. Lydon notes that King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. 1:03:04: Lydon gives an overview of the evening's newscast. Paul Solman reports that African American unemployment is up 40% in Massachusetts since 1970, despite the economic boom. V: Shot of the interior of the mall at Copley Plaza. Shot of Fred McLemore (Boston resident) crossing a street, with the Boston skyline visible in the background. Shots of McLemore entering a building and climbing the stairs to his apartment. Solman reports that McLemore's family moved to Boston from Alabama in 1970. V: Footage of McLemore saying that there are opportunities for jobs and education in Boston; that he does not have a job right now. Shots of McLemore's apartment. Solman notes that McLemore's father has returned to Alabama. Solman reports that Boston may be less economically hospitable for some residents than it was in 1970. Solman says that Tom Jones (Vice President, John Hancock Mutual Insurance) has a good job and is a successful real estate investor. V: Shots of Jones' office. Footage of Jones saying that he was able to succeed because his parents were well educated. Jones says that his parents taught him the value of education and discipline. Footage of McLemore saying that he did not have a career in mind for himself when he was growing up; that he wanted to be rich. Solman reports that Jones' success would have been unheard of before the civil rights movement. V: Shots of Prince (rock star) memorabilia on McLemore's wall. Shots of Jones' office; of two African American male college students studying outside of a building; of an African American family at a college campus. Solman reports that statistics show that Boston provides a chance at equal opportunity for some African Americans. V: Shots of African American men standing on a street corner. Shot of McLemore. Footage of Jones saying that McLemore does not have a great chance of succeeding because McLemore has dropped out of school. Solman reports that African American high school dropouts have a 35% chance of being officially "poor"; that African American high school dropouts have a 40% chance of being unemployed; that African American high school dropouts have a 21% chance of being convicted of a crime. V: Shots of the entrance to the Boston Public Welfare office; of an African American man performing slow dance moves on the street; of a breakdancing poster on McLemore's wall. Footage of McLemore talking about a job interview for a position in the stock room of Filene's Basement Department Store. McLemore says that he did not get the job. Footage of Jones questioning whether McLemore dresses appropriately for his job interviews. Footage of Jones saying that McLemore probably should not wear an earring. Footage of McLemore saying that he dresses neatly for job interviews. Footage of Jones saying that people need to be given training about how to handle job interviews. Solman reports that McLemore has had no training for his job interviews. V: Footage of Sarah Flint (McLemore's aunt) saying that it is difficult for African Americans to find jobs if they are not educated. Shots of young African American men walking on a street. Solman says that vocational training programs do not target young African Americans; that vocational training programs are being cut by the government. Solman says that young people need to be trained for jobs; that businesses need skilled workers. V: Shots of a vocational training center; of job advertisements in a newspaper; of an African American neighborhood. Footage of Jones saying that the white majority is comforted by African American success stories; that no one will take responsibility for helping less advantaged African Americans. Shot of McLemore. Solman says that young African Americans must be given the means to take advantage of opportunites for success. 1:08:50: Gail Harris reports that most African Americans in Boston live in Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan; that Roxbury neighborhoods are faced with changes. V: Shots of a brownstone building in Roxbury; of two African American girls in front of a housing project. Footage of Mamie Mabine (Orchard Park tenant) says that low-income residents are afraid of being displaced from the neighborhood. Shots of housing projects in Roxbury. Harris reports that there are 7,000 public housing units within one half mile of the Dudley MBTA Station. V: Shots of an empty apartment in the Orchard Park Housing Project. The floor of the apartment is strewn with garbage. Shot of graffiti outside of the housing project. Harris reports that squatters, drug addicts, and thieves are drawn to empty apartments in the Orchard Park Housing Project. V: Footage of John Cruz (developer) saying that the Orchard Park Housing Project is terribly depressed; that the housing project makes the surrounding neighborhood unattractive to developers. Shots of renovated residential buildings in Roxbury. Harris reports that the MBTA will soon tear down the elevated tracks along Washington Street; that property values in the area are expected to rise as a result. V: Shots of an elevated train pulling into a dilapidated station. Footage of Ken Guscott (developer) saying that developers are beginning to take an interest in the Dudley Street area. Harris stands in a vacant lot in Roxbury. Harris reports that vacant lots are attractive to white and minority developers. V: Footage of Byron Rushing (State Representative) saying that Roxbury residents need to question the motives of the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA); that the neighborhood needs to be improved for the benefit of all residents. Shots of newly built houses. Harris reports that it is hard to improve a poor neighborhood without making it too expensive for the poor residents to live there. V: Footage of Otto Snowden (Co-founder, Freedom House) asks where poor African Americans will live if they are displaced from Roxbury. Footage of Muriel Snowden (Co-founder, Freedom House) saying that developers do not care about the African American community. Shots of the city of Boston from above; of a building being demolished; of an empty lot; of a few people walking toward the entrance of an old house. Footage of MBTA trains passing through Roxbury. Harris reports that the BRA wants to improve the neighborhood without displacing people. Harris reports that the BRA plans to sell city land at lower costs; that the BRA plans to speed up approval for projects near Dudley Station; that the BRA will encourage big developers to build in Roxbury with minority developers as partners. V: Footage of a BRA official saying that the Roxbury community will be involved in shaping the BRA's plan for development in Roxbury. Shot of a person walking on a snowy street in Roxbury. 1:13:17: V: Footage of buses pulling up to South Boston High School on the first day of school in 1974. Protestors in front of the school jeer at the buses. Shots of an anti-busing protest march; of police arresting a white man in South Boston; of National Guard soldiers in riot gear. Meg Vaillancourt reviews the strong opposition by some Boston residents to busing for school desegregation in the mid-1970s. Vaillancourt reports that opposition to busing has disappeared; that African American and white students peacefully attend integrated schools. V: Shots of the exterior of South Boston High School; of African American students exiting a bus in front of South Boston High School; of a police officer standing quietly in front of South Boston High School; of African American and white students descending an escalator at English High School. Vaillancourt says that the Boston Public School System still buses students for purposes of integration; that Arthur Garrity, Jr. (federal judge) still oversees the operation of the schools. V: Shots of African American students walking among school buses; of Garrity at a community meeting. Footage of Robert Peterkin (Former Deputy Superintendent, Boston Public Schools) saying that the the majority of students attending public schools in Boston are non-white. Footage of Robert Spillane (Superintendent, Boston Public Schools) saying that African American students are being bused into schools which already have a majority of African American students. Shots of African American and white students in classrooms; of an African American female teacher teaching students in a classroom. Vaillancourt reports that African Americans and Hispanics make up 70% of the student population in Boston's schools; that enrollment has dropped dramatically since the beginning of court-ordered desegregation. Vaillancourt notes that test scores are low; that school officials estimated that one third of the graduates from Boston public schools in 1980 were functionally illiterate. V: Footage of Kenneth Haskins (Harvard School of Education) saying that it is easy to comply with court-ordered desegregation by shifting students from school to school; that it is hard to provide a good integrated education for those students. Shot of a young African American girl in a classroom; of a young African American boy in a classroom; of two young Asian boys in a classroom. Vaillancourt stands in an integrated elementary school classroom at the Jackson/Mann Elementary School. Vaillancourt explains the "freedom of choice" plan put forth by frustrated African American parents. Vaillancourt reports that the plan reserves a certain number of seats in each school for each racial group; that parents choose schools on a first-come, first-served basis. V: Footage of Haskins saying that "the freedom of choice" is what parents have wanted since the beginning of school desegregation. Shots of African American parents in the audience at meeting of the Boston School Committee. Vaillancourt reports that a 1982 poll showed that 79% of African American parents support the "freedom of choice" plan. Vaillancourt notes that the NAACP disapproved of the plan; that Garrity and the Boston School Department rejected the plan. V: Shots of African American students boarding buses at South Boston High School. Vaillancourt reports that school officials defended busing as a means to overcome racially segregated housing patterns in Boston. V: Footage of Charles Willie (Court-Appointed Master for Desegregation) saying that the number of students bused to school did not increase dramatically with court-ordered desegregaton; that opponents of school desegregation used busing as an excuse to protest. Footage of Peterkin saying that the "freedom of choice" plan only works if all of the schools provide a good education. Shots of Mildred Reid (Jamaica Plain resident) helping her daughter Kim with homework. Vaillancourt reports that Mildred Reid's daughters are bused from Jamaica Plain to Brighton High School. V: Footage of Kim Reid (student) and her sister boarding a bus; of Kim Reid on the bus and in classrooms at Brighton High School. Audio of Kim Reid saying that she does not mind the bus ride; that she likes school. Footage of Reid saying that she is happy. Shots of an integrated elementary school classroom; of elementary school students performing The Wizard of Oz as a play. Shots of elementary and high school students in their classrooms. Vaillancourt says that integrated magnet schools with special programs have been successful in Boston; that a standardized curriculum and strict promotional standards are contributing to higher test scores; that many students in Boston's public high schools score below the national average in reading tests. V: Footage of buses descending G Street in South Boston. Vaillancourt says that quality education is now the goal of Boston Public Schools. 1:18:20: Lydon introduces in-studio guests Dr. Virgil Wood (Pond Street Baptist Church) and Dr. Helen Edmonds (Visiting Professor, MIT). Lydon notes that Wood was a close friend of Martin Luther King. Lydon asks the guests if society is making progress toward reaching the goals set by King. Wood says that King fought against racism, war, and poverty. Wood says that society has regressed in all three areas. Edmonds says that society is not making progress in the area of civil rights; that the laws have been passed, but not enough change has been effected. Lydon asks if society has lost sight of King and his legacy. Edmonds says that society has lost sight of King. Edmonds accuses African American students at white schools of segregating themselves from the white population. Wood disagrees with Edmonds. Wood says that minority students at white universities need a "beachhead" from which to launch themselves into the mainstream; that minority students need a place to gather strength before going out into the mainstream population. Lydon asks about the divide between the African American middle class and the African American underclass. Wood says that King united the upper classes and the lower classes in Montgomery, Alabama, around common goals. Wood says that King would try to bridge the divide between classes if he were alive. Edmonds talks about the need for an African American leader to draw attention to the needs of the African American underclass. Lydon thanks the guests and closes the interview. 1:24:19: Lydon introduces a report by Callie Crossley. Crossley talks about growing up as a teenager in Memphis, Tennessee. She describes being denied access to the public library. Crossley says that King's leadership in the fight for equality led her to join the civil rights movement as a teenager. Crossley says that she was among the picketers supporting the strike by African American sanitation workers in Memphis in 1968; that she remembers when King arrived in Memphis to support the strike. Crossley describes the day of King's assassination. Crossley notes that all African Americans have benefitted from King's struggle and leadership. 1:27:07: Lydon closes the newscast. V: Footage of King's speech to the audience on the National Mall during the March on Washington. Footage of Stevie Wonder (pop singer) singing at a celebration on the National Mall marking King's birthday. Jesse Jackson (African American leader) stands next to Wonder. A large crowd dances and cheers. The logos of The Ten O'Clock News underwriters Shawmut Bank, New England Telephone, and The Nimrod Press are displayed.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
01/15/1985
