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Voters in Dorchester

Description: Voters in Boston mayoral election. Booths in St. Mark's Church polls. Voter names crossed off registration list. Placards for city council & mayoral candidates outside. St. Brendan's polling place.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/11/1983

WORKFARE

Description: An African American mother and her children are at home in their apartment in the Columbia Point Housing Project in Dorchester. The children eat a meal in the kitchen while their mother washes dishes in the sink. Three girls watch television in a bedroom. Another girl tidies up a bedroom in the apartment. Shots of members of the family leaving the apartment building. African American children play in the courtyard of the apartment building.
1:00:00: Visual: An African American mother and her children are in the kitchen of their apartment in the Columbia Point Housing Project in Dorchester. The mother works at the sink. Her children are eating a meal at the table. Music plays in the background. One of the boys at the table picks at the meat on his plate. The mother continues to wash the dishes. Some of the children are finished with their meal and stand around the kitchen. Three of the children eat their meals at the table. Shot of an adolescent girl eating her meal at the table. A teenage girl checks on food in the oven. The mother continues to wash the dishes. Shot of the food on a plate on the table. The children and the mother talk amongst themselves. Shot of a young girl seated at the table, picking meat off of a bone. Shot of the mother's hands washing dishes. Shot of two young boys who are sharing a seat at the table. 1:05:06: V: The mother clears the table as the children leave the kitchen. A young African American man stands in the kitchen with the mother. 1:05:21: V: Three girls sit on a bed in a bedroom, watching Three's Company on television. Shots of the television; of a teenage girl watching television; of a young girl sitting on the bed. 1:07:23: V: A teenage girl plays a song by Michael Jackson on the stereo in another bedroom. She tidies up the bedroom while listening to the music. Shots of the stereo, photos, and a greeting card on top of the dresser. 1:11:02: V: The crew sets up a shot of the young man and the children exiting the apartment building. The young man holds the hand of one of the young children. Shot of the exterior of the apartment building. African American children play in the courtyard of the building. The children jump rope. Shot of the other buildings in the housing project. Children play in courtyards of the buildings.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/24/1983

Ward 16

Description: Profile of Ward 16 and how Kevin White will fare vs Joe Timilty in mayoral race. Dorchester homes, churches, Keystone Factory. B+W stills of Boston mayors Nichols, Tobin, Curley, Hynes, Collins.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/02/1979

Water pipes in Dorchester

Description: Trench being dug with claw shovel around buried water pipes on Columbia Street, Dorchester. New cast iron pipes on sidewalk await installation. Two men measure length of pipe. Big pipe being cut with radial arm saw. Front end loader dumps dirt into trench. Gasket fitted around pipe. Man shovels dirt back into trench.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/27/1979

William Atkinson

Description: Christy George interviews Dorchester residents about the William Atkinson murder case. Reverend David Venator (United Church of Christ) says that the state could have filed more charges against the defendants; that violations of the civil rights of minorities have become commonplace. Venator says that the Dorchester community needs to deal with the racial prejudice which provoked the death of William Atkinson (Boston resident). Christy George (WGBH reporter) comments that Venator has condemned racial prejudice more severely than Francine Atkinson (William Atkinson's sister). Venator says that he can condemn racial prejudice because he is white; that he does not condone any kind of violence. Venator says that the Atkinson case is an example of a civil rights violation; that he has never experienced racial violence to that degree as a white man. A white male Dorchester resident says that Atkinson's death was not an isolated incident. The man notes that the Dorchester community has reacted strongly and quickly against Atkinson's death. The man says that the Dorchester community intends to see justice done in this case. George asks a white female Dorchester resident if she thinks that the media attention given to the Atkinson case helped bring about a more thorough investigation and the filing of stronger charges. The woman says that the media coverage is a result of the strong reaction against Atkinson's death by members of the Dorchester community. George comments that many white Dorchester residents are supporting the cause of William Atkinson. The woman says that Dorchester residents of all races are working together to fight racial violence and to make Dorchester a safer community. The tape includes footage of court proceedings in Suffolk Superior Court. George Hurd (Judge, Suffolk Superior Court) presides over the courtroom. The lawyers for the defendants identify themselves. The five defendants each plead not guilty to the charges against them. The charges are read out loud. John Kiernan (Assistant District Attorney) makes bail recommendations for the five defendants
0:00:32: Visual: Reverend David Venator (United Church of Christ) says that the state could have filed more charges against the defendants; that violations of the civil rights of minorities have become commonplace; that these violations are not always committed by the same individuals. Venator says that communities must face up to the disease of racial prejudice; that the Dorchester community needs to deal with the racial prejudice which provoked the death of William Atkinson (victim). Christy George (WGBH reporter) comments that Venator has condemned racial prejudice more severely than Francine Atkinson (William Atkinson's sister). Venator says that he can condemn racial prejudice because he is white; that he does not condone any kind of violence. Venator says that the Atkinson case is an example of a civil rights violation; that he has never experienced racial violence to that degree as a white man. A white male Dorchester resident says that Atkinson's death was not an isolated incident. The man wonders if there would have been arrests made in the case if the Dorchester community had not reacted strongly and quickly against Atkinson's death. The man says that the Dorchester community intends to see justice done in this case; that there has been harassment of some individuals involved in the Atkinson case. The man says that he hopes this case will call attention to the need for reform of the legal system. George asks a female Dorchester resident if she thinks that the media attention given to the Atkinson case helped bring about a more thorough investigation and the filing of stronger charges. The woman says that the media coverage is a result of the strong reaction against Atkinson's death by members of the Dorchester community. The woman says that members of the community want to see justice done in the Atkinson case. George comments that many white Dorchester residents are supporting the cause of William Atkinson. The woman says that Dorchester residents of all races are working together to fight racial violence and to make Dorchester a safer community. 0:07:06: V: Reporters and bystanders stand in a lobby. 0:07:13: V: Court proceedings in Suffolk Superior Court. Shots of Judge George Hurd (Suffolk Superior Court), the audience and the crowded courtroom. Hurd rules on a motion. 0:08:42: V: Court proceedings in the arraignments of Francis Devin, William Joyce, Paul MacGregor, Michael Nowacki and Edward Tuffo in the William Atkinson case. Hurd listens as the bailiff reads the names of the defendants. John Kiernan (Assistant District Attorney) speaks to the judge. Neil Connolly (attorney for MacGregor and Tuffo), Odin Anderson (attorney for Nowacki), Pamela Hattern (attorney for Devin) and George Donovan (attorney for Joyce) approach the podium to identify themselves. Audio is muffled. Devin, Joyce, MacGregor, Nowacki and Tuffo can be seen standing in the courtroom behind the lawyers. 0:11:06: V: MacGregor steps up to the microphone and pleads not guilty to five indictments. Nowacki steps up to the microphone and pleads not guilty to four indictments. Tuffo steps up to the microphone and pleads not guilty to four indictments. Devin steps up to the microphone and pleads not guilty to four indictments. Joyce steps up to the microphone and pleads not guilty to four indictments. Shot of all five defendants standing up in the courtroom. Kiernan makes bail recommendations for the defendants. Kiernan notes that Joyce is serving a suspended sentence for an incident in April of 1981. Donovan steps up to the microphone to confirm Kiernan's facts about Joyce. Kiernan makes recommendations on Joyce's bail.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/31/1982

Women, Inc.

Description: Fritz Wetherbee profiles Katie Portis (President of Women, Inc.). Wetherbee reports that Women, Inc. is a service organization in Dorchester that provides housing, treatment, and other services for poor and drug dependent women. Wetherbee notes that one of the goals of Women, Inc. is to provide support for single mothers who want to keep their children. Wetherbee interviews Portis. Portis talks about the organization and her reasons for starting it. Wetherbee profiles Ethel, a resident at the Women's Inc. house. In an interview, Ethel talks about the help she has received from the organization. Wetherbee interviews Diana Christmas (residential counselor) and Linda Galloway (resident at the Women, Inc. house) about the organization. Wetherbee's report is accompanied by footage of the interior and exterior of the Women, Inc. house.
1:00:01: Visual: Footage of Katie Portis (President of Women, Inc.) saying that some people take drugs to help them cope with poverty, despair, and domestic abuse. Fritz Wetherbee reports that Portis had become frustrated with the desperate conditions under which some people are forced to live. Wetherbee notes that Portis started a revolution with one kind act. V: Footage of Portis talking about how she once offered to take care of a woman's baby while the woman went down the street to sign up for a methadone program. Shot of the exterior of the Women Inc. house in Dorchester. Wetherbee reports that Portis started Women's Incorporated in Dorchester; that Women's Inc. has provided support and stability to over 5,000 women; that many of those women have stopped using drugs and are living with their children. V: Shot of an Ethel P. (resident at the Women's Inc. house) with an infant. Ethel P. walks through a hallway and into a bedroom of the Women's Inc. house. Footage of Ethel P. saying that she had no direction when she was living on the street; that she had been to jail three times. Ethel P. says that Women's Inc. has given her a place to focus on herself and to kick her addiction. Shot of Ethel P. rocking her baby. Wetherbee reports that most of the women living at the Women's Inc. house have low self-esteem; that Women's Inc. tries to instill the women with a sense of pride. V: Footage of Diana Christmas (Residential counselor) that the residents have one-to-one and group counseling sessions. Shot of the exterior of the Women's Inc. house. Wetherbee notes that Portis is frustrated that Women's Inc. cannot help every woman who becomes a resident there. V: Footage of Portis saying that the goal of Women's Inc. is to encourage every woman to keep her child; that sometimes a woman is not ready to raise a child. Wetherbee says that Women's Inc. has more success than failure. V: Footage of Linda Galloway (resident at the Women's Inc. house) talking about the help and support she received from Women's Inc.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/24/1987

Youth and guns

Description: Michael Dukakis, Susan Tucker, David Scondras all urge gun control measures to protect teens. Street violence at night. Shooting victims wheeled to ambulance. Police firing range, target practice. Black youths play basketball. Dudley Street at night. Dorchester business district, storefronts.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/15/1989