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Abernathy, Rev. Ralph

Description: Silent and sounds footage from a story on Ralph Abernathy and the Boston segment of the Poor People March in Washington, including an Abernathy making an address at Northeastern University and a speech at Boston Common. Additional footage includesSouthern Christian Leadership Conference members marching. People gathering supplies and boarding buses for Poor Peoples March. Man puts "I have a dream" bumper sticker on car. Interview with Mr. Frederick on the cost of Poor Peoples March. Two men fight on the street. Reporter standup. Footage of the march. Silent interviews with people on the street. Crowds boarding Greyhound buses to Resurrection city.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 05/09/1968

Atkins, Tom

Description: Thomas Atkins addresses the Northeastern States Youth Citizenship Conference. He talks about the Black Manifesto which caused a controversy at the Riverside Church in New York. He says that the church has not taken a particularly positive active stance, but could be a powerful resource. After the air piece there is silent b-roll of exteriors and interiors of the Conference, and shots of the audience listening to Atkins, who is speaking from a podium.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 06/04/1969

Chisholm, Shirley (Congresswoman)

Description: Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm speaks to an audience about the evils of racism in America. Silent footage of the audience and of Chisholm at the podium. Chisholm continues her speech, saying that Americans need to address racism and work passed the commonly held stereotypes, following the example of the younger generations.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 04/20/1970

Hicks, Mrs. [Louise Day]

Description: Sign for the "Clerk of the House of Representative." Louise Day Hicks enters office, files bill to repeal racial imbalance with man, leaves office.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 09/18/1969

King School

Description: Compilation of footage on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School. Press conference with Mr. Rollins and other people concerned about racist education at the King School, talking about the first day of school, the Boston School Committee's actions, and appropriate learning resources for the students at the King School. Another press conference about Operation Exodus, which is setting up learning centers for students who are assigned to attend the King School. They criticize the racist education of the current curriculum in Boston Schools. Cutaways of reporter asking questions. Press conference with John Bradley, new principal of the King School, answering questions about school problems and his proposed solutions. Interview with Louis Vangel, executive director of the Boston Teachers Union, on the teachers position at the King School. Interview with another man about the School Committee meeting to occur next Monday on the fate of the teachers and reopening of the King School. Interview with Louise Day Hicks on her proposed repeal of the 1965 Racial Imbalance law. Reporter asks her about soon to be Massachusetts Commissioner of Education Neil Sullivan and his busing programs. People walking into a building. Another interview with Mr. Vangel on the BTU's demands for the closing of the King School. Interview with man from the Boston School Committee on relationship between the School Committee and the King-Timility Advisory Council on resolving the problems at the King School. Silent footage of a hearing. Cutaways from Louise Day Hicks interview.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 11/1968...12/1968

King, Mel

Description: Sounds goes in and out. Dr. Pinderhughes and Mel King address an audience. Mel King talks about racist funding problems at the Urban League. Silent shots of the audience and several speakers at the podium and sitting at a table. King continues his speech about the lack of funding for underprivileged communities, especially for education. He goes on to discuss various racist actions the American government has carried out historically. He explains the idea of both physical and psychological survival for minorities in America.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 06/18/1968

New Bedford

Description: Black power graffiti. Police stand on streets corners. Members of the Black Panthers hold a press conference asking for the release of the 20 African Americans who were arrested. They accuse the courts and Mayor Rogers of being racist. Reporter standup.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 1969...1970

Pinderhughes, Dr.

Description: Sounds goes in and out at the beginning. Dr. Pinderhughes gives a speech to an audience. He addresses contemporary racism and its societal causes. He uses his term "body image" to explain different perceptions and projects of different types of people. He says that the Black Power Movement is providing a forceful change in white people's project of what black people are. He compared the Black Power Movement to youths rebelling against adults to assert their autonomy, which is socially accepted.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 06/18/1967

Racial Imbalance

Description: Interview with Boston School Committee Chairman John Kerrigan. He speaks about the failings of the current busing system, especially concerning elementary school children. He talks about busing on a voluntary basis, but says that he would rather fund other School Committe projects things over any form of busing. He mentions a current bill which proposes amending the racial imbalance law where it concerns elementary school children.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 03/1969

Racial Imbalance

Description: Air piece on replacement of nine antiquated Boston schools with new facilities by 1971. Reporter standup at the John A. Andrews School in South Boston. Interview with man from the Board of Education on the new schools that will have a greater capacity, which will be opened up to non-white students, in order to help with the racial imbalance in the Boston city schools. Exteriors of a school building. African American children get off of a bus and enter school.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 07/19/1969