Description:
BARNEY FRANK ADDRESSES SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
04/12/1985
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Description:
Retrospective of fifty years of the Boston Housing Authority, the largest landlord in the city, and one of the largest such agencies in the country. 50th anniversary ball at Park Plaza Hotel; guests include Doris Bunte, Edward Brooke, Byron Rushing, Michael Dukakis, Mel King, Ray Flynn, Bruce Bolling, William Bulger, Harry Spence. Interviews on BHA history include Lewis Weinstein, Joseph Slavet, Paul Garrity, Peter Dreier. Scenes of squalor inside housing projects. Many families remain residents for generations. Tenants' class action suit led by Armando Perez. On the need for racial integration, Doris Bunte says “separate always means separate and unequal.” Scenes of the city's subsidized developments in varying degrees of neglect or renovation. Examples of the breadth and density of the projects. Archival film and stills. Compiled from five-part series from 11/1986.
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Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
01/01/1987
Description:
BOSTON HOUSING PARTNERSHIP PRESS CONFERENCE WITH RAY FLYNN. James Brett, William Edgerly.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
05/10/1985
Description:
Three-part series updating the state of the Boston Public Schools since court ordered desegregation. First part on changes in racial and socioeconomic composition of student body. White enrollment has declined and more children come from poor and single-parent households. Second part on the dilapidated conditions of school buildings and the difficult decision of which schools should be closed. Exteriors of closed schools, some boarded up. Third part on the evolution of curriculum planning to enhance flexibility and keep up with standards. Interviews with John Coakley, School Department; Robert Dentler, expert on court order; Ellen Guiney, Citywide Education Coalition; Leon Nelson, Freedom House. Superintendent Robert Spillane attends School Committee meeting.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
02/20/1985
Description:
DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE DINNER FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AT PARK PLAZA, Robert Crane, MICHAEL DUKAKIS, William Bulger, JOHN ZAMPARELLI, EDWARD KENNEDY, WALTER MONDALE SPEAK.
length 20:16
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
03/03/1983
Description:
Michael Dukakis swears in Cabinet at State House. Philip Johnston, John Sasso
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
01/07/1983
Description:
Democratic state committee dinner hosts presidential candidates Gary Hart, Walter Mondale, Alan Cranston, Ernest Hollings, John Glenn at Park Plaza Hotel in anticipation of state party convention. Edward and Joe Kennedy, Lois Pines, Steve Pearlstein, Chester Atkins, Robert Crane, Paul Tsongas, Michael Dukakis, William Bulger, John Zamparelli, Bruce Bolling.
length 20:43
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
03/03/1983
Description:
Interview with Michael Dukakis in State House office about agenda for second term. Pledges leadership with integrity. Says teaching three years at Kennedy School was terrific experience. He is more humble, relaxed and non-confrontational.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
01/12/1983
Description:
SCHOOL COMMITTEE HEARING ON HEMENWAY AND PHILBRICK SCHOOLS, PARENTS, SIGNS. JOHN NUCCI, JOHN GRADY.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
01/29/1985
Description:
TENT CITY ENVIRONS, BROWNSTONES, PRUDENTIAL CENTER, GARBAGE, SANDWICH SHOP
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
02/29/1984
