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Racial Imbalance Series, pt.1-3

Description: Silent footage of African American children entering school and in a classroom, with mostly African American children and white teachers. A Mattapan family sits around the kitchen table, parents helping son with math homework. Father and mother speak about the changes caused by court ordered busing and their efforts with parent groups in the community. Reporter reasks questions for cutaway edits. Gerald Ford speech, image goes in and out while audio plays. Interview with man about how busing will affect his daughter and his efforts to keep the Lowell School open. Exteriors of a house, neighborhood environs, and closeup on Colorado St. sign. Footage of a young African American girl walking to school. More b-roll of classroom scenes. Students exiting Phineas Bates School building. Construction site (possibly where new school complex will be built). Closeup on Livermore St. sign and Charles Logue School sign. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/15/1974

Racial Imbalance Series, pt.4

Description: Story #7608. Cuts from a meeting of the Orientation for Integration program. White substitute teacher discusses conflict with an African American student, and an African American teacher responds. Interview with teacher on her support of desegregation. Reporter standup. Cuts of b-roll from meetings, discussing potential issues of racism and prejudice. Interview with teacher on efforts to keep the peace during turbulent times. Several takes of reporter standup. Interviews with teachers on where they will be teaching in the fall. Teachers discuss the perceived dangers of certain areas of Boston. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/16/1974

Racial Imbalance State House

Description: Story #7786B. Coverage of an anti-busing rally at the Massachusetts State House. Footage includes crowds outside around the State House with anti-bussing signs, police around the crowd, a small group going into the State House to meet with Governor Sargent, people lounging on the lawn, various shots of people in the anti-busing rally, people getting on busses to go to the rally. Reporter standup. People file in and shake hands with Governor Sargent. A man who met with the Governor is interviewed about the meeting, the size of the crowd, and the Racial Imbalance law. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/03/1974

Racial imbalance Hearing, pt.2

Description: Footage of people addressing the Massachusetts legislature Racial Imbalance Hearing. School Committee President John Kerrigan speaks against forced busing and "snob zoning." He blames Governor Sargent and Senators Ted Kennedy and Ed Brooke, and also comments on the flip of Mayor Kevin White's support. Louise Day Hicks speaks against the Racial Imbalance Law. State Rep. Royal Bolling, Sr. speaks against the procedure of having separate hearings for proponents and opponents, and gets in an argument with the Committee Chairman. Kevin White speaks in favor of integration, but against forced busing. B-roll of audience at the hearing. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/03/1974

Ralston Family

Description: "Leader: "P1 Ralston Family #9574 8/6/74"; Serviceman Kenneth Ralston Jr. from Waltham Massachusetts in serving a 6 month sentence in a jail in Thailand for desecrating the Thai flag. Still images of Ralston in his military uniform and serving, a letter to his family, silent footage of his parents. Ralston's mother (Patricia Ralston) answers questions and discusses the letter that she received from her son and her worries about his safety. Shot of the Ralston house and "Cherry st" road sign."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/06/1974

Rate Hike

Description: "Leader: "P1 Rate Hike #7676 3/22/74"; Silent b-roll of a hearing in the legislature. Robert Quinn press conference about his opposition to Governor Francis Sargent's request to Department of Public Utilities chairman Robert Meade to freeze any rate increases related to fuel costs. Interview with a man representing the utilities. Outtakes."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/22/1974

Rate Protest - Elect

Description: Leader: P2 Rate Protest - Elect #9955 9/18/74; A group of people argue with a man in an office about the time of a scheduled meeting after the group was late due to transportation trouble. Interview with a man about why they wanted to meet with the Commissioner of Public Utilities? about a new rate increase and possible overcharges from Boston Edison. Roger Goodrich reporter standup about proposed energy rate increases. More footage of the group of people in office. An interview with the Commissioner Meade (possible Peter Meade?) about why he didn't meet with the group and his response to their complaints about fuel cost increases (sound is muffled and then cuts out).
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/18/1974

Reactions to Nixon Resignation

Description: "Leader: "P2 Ford- Man on Street #9604 8/9/74"; Natalie Jacobson interviews people in a bar/restaurant about their reactions directly after Nixon's resignation speech. Reporter standup."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/09/1974

Reading Scores

Description: Leader: Event #19 - P1 Reading Scores #10037 9/26/74; Press conference about low student reading test scores. Dr. Leo Handley from Boston State University and others answer questions from reporters and discuss why reading scores are low and how to improve them.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/26/1974

Red Sox

Description: "Leader: "Red Sox #9324 7/11/74"; Silent footage of a Boston Red Sox versus Texas Rangers baseball game."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/11/1974