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South Boston High School

Description: English class of four white students at South Boston High School. Teacher addresses whole class and works individually with students. Students work on essays at desk. Teacher talks to one student about restructuring his essay. View from second story window onto parking lot and over rooftops of South Boston buildings and houses. Boston Police Tactical Patrol Force cruiser drives off. Three white students in math class.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/08/1978

South Boston High School

Description: State and Boston police and US marshals outside South Boston High School. Black students get off buses. Headmaster Jerome Wynegar. Girls in parochial school uniforms walk by. More black students get off buses, walk up to school. Police on motorcycles escort empty buses away from school. Mass of white students wait at iron fence. TV cameramen and news photographers stand by. Girl wearing Southie sweatshirt. White students are allowed to enter school.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/13/1976

South Boston High School

Description: White students exit South Boston High. About 25 Massachusetts uniformed state troopers board Massachusetts State Police bus. Massachusetts State Police Cruiser exits school parking lot. Jerome Wynegar (Headmaster, South Boston High School) stands in the school yard and talks to students.
1:00:08: Visual: White students exit South Boston High School in small groups. Jerome Wynegar (Headmaster, South Boston High School) stands in front of the school, talking to passersby. The students walk down G Street, away from the school . Snow blankets the ground. A Massachusetts State Police bus is parked in front of the school. About 25 state police officers file onto the bus. A state police car pulls out from the front of the school, into the street. Small groups of students, police, and officials remain in front of the school.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/15/1977

South Boston High School

Description: Exterior of South Boston High School. Headmaster Jerome Wynegar in front of school. Students enter school. South Boston environs. Crowd of South Boston residents gathered on the street. Rolling shots taken from news van driving down the streets of South Boston. Anti- busing and racist graffiti: “Stop Forced Busing” “White Power” “Never Nigger”
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/08/1976

South Boston High School

Description: The sound goes in and out at the beginning of this video. Exteriors of South Boston High School and South Boston environs. African American students board buses at South Boston High School. Boston Police officers are stationed near the school. Police cruisers escort buses to and from the school. Jerome Wynegar (Headmaster, South Boston High School) stands in the school yard. White students exit the school after the buses depart. A passerby tells the camera crew that their presence causes a disturbance.
1:00:09: Visual: Exterior of South Boston High School. A Boston Police cruiser is parked in the courtyard of the school, to the right of the steps. Shots of exterior of the school. A Massachusetts State Police cruiser is parked to left of the steps. A group of three white students exits the school. Shots of G Street; of rowhouses in front of the school on G Street; of the high school; of a "Wallace for President" sticker on a street sign. Two white students exit the school. 1:06:14: V: Shot of East 6th Street. The street is snowy. A Boston Police station wagon is parked in front of the high school. An officer exits the station wagon and walks toward the school. A small green and white bus maneuvers in the courtyard of the school. Shot of students walking down G Street, away from the school. A student closes the window on the second floor of the school. Shot of the exterior of the school. The green and white bus is idling in front of the school entrance. Shot of house on the corner of G Street and Thomas Park. A Boston Police station wagon pulls away from the school. A Boston Police cruiser pulls into the school yard. Two officers exit the car. Shot of one of the Boston Police cruisers in school yard; the cruiser is labeled "Tactical Patrol Force." 1:10:02: V: A police cruiser with flashing lights escorts a line of yellow school buses up G Street. The school buses pull up in front of the school. A few police officers station themselves along G Street. Small groups of minority students exit the school. One student stops to wave at the camera. African American students make their way toward the buses. There are a few Hispanic students among those boarding the buses. Audio of students talking to the camera crew. Students peer out of the windows of the buses. The buses pull away in single file. The small green and white bus pulls out of the school yard, into the street. One remaining school bus pulls away, followed by a Boston Police station wagon with its lights flashing. 1:17:34: V: Pan of houses on G Street. A lone African American male student waits in front of the school. White students slowly exit the school. Jerome Wynegar (Headmaster, South Boston High School) stands in the school yard, talking to officials and passersby. A few police officers remain in the school yard. Students file out of the school yard. An African American teacher confers with Wynegar. Audio of a voice speaking to the camera crew, "Do you realize that you're being here creates more of a disturbance than when you're not here?" A crew member responds. Bits of an ensuing conversation can be heard. A few white students linger on the steps of the school. Wynegar remains in the school yard. Students continue to exit the building.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/15/1977

South Boston High teachers

Description: No audio at the beginning. Horse-mounted police officers, police cars, police bus. Police officers are gathered along G Street outside of South Boston High School. Exteriors of the school building. School buses, accompanied by a police motorcycle escort, pull up outside of the school. African American and white students exit the school. White students walk away from the school. African American students board the buses. The buses depart. Pam Bullard interviews four South Boston High School teachers: Jerry Power, Bob Healey, Bob Donovan, and Paul Grueter. The four teachers says that conditions in the school are improving, despite negative reports in the media. Donovan says that Judge Arthury Garrity (federal judge) is among those receiving inaccurate reports about the school. They discuss some of the good things that they think are happening in South Boston High despite the racial tensions.
1:00:04: Boston Police Department vehicles are lined up along the side of the road in South Boston. A mounted police officer exercises his horse. A horse stands in a yard with grass. 1:02:21: Visual: Boston Police Department vehicles are parked in the schoolyard of South Boston High School. Police are gathered along G Street in front of the high school. Shot of the exterior of South Boston High School. A Massachusetts State Police vehicle is parked in the schoolyard. A Boston Police station wagon is parked on G Street. 1:04:55: V: Buses pull up in front of South Boston High School. The buses are accompanied by a police motorcycle escort. White students exit the high school, walking out of the schoolyard. African American students exit the high school and walk toward the buses. A young African American male student raises a clenched fist and looks at the camera. Some white students continue to exit the school, along with African American students. Two African American female students pose for the camera and say, "Hi, mom." A few of the African American students wave at the camera as they walk to the buses. Police officers stand casually on the sidewalk in front of the buses. A white student walks by the camera crew and says, "We don't watch Channel 2 news." 1:10:13: V: A group of four police officers are gathered on G Street. They laugh casually at a joke. A female African American student rushes toward her bus. Police officers mount their motorcycles. The buses pull away from the school and travel down G Street with the police escort. 1:11:57: V: Shot of the exterior of South Boston High School. Pam Bullard exits the high school, followed by four white teachers. She sets up an interview in front of the school with Jerry Power (teacher, South Boston High School), Bob Healey (teacher, South Boston High School), Bob Donovan (teacher, South Boston High School), and Paul Grueter (teacher, South Boston High School). Donovan makes it clear to Bullard that each teacher is speaking as an individual; that they are not speaking for the faculty of the school. Bullard asks each of them to say and speak their names for the camera. Bullard tells them that negative reports have been circulating about the situation inside South Boston High School. Donovan asks where the negative reports are from. Bullard says that they are from the media. Donovan says that the situation is slowly getting better after a hectic beginning of the school year. Grueter agrees that the situation is improving. Healey says that sweep teams have been established in the corridors in order to get students to class; that the school corridors had been a problem until now. Donovan says that the school faculty took some drastic measures to control the situation inside the school. Power says that the atmosphere in the school has swung between periods of tension and periods of calm; that there has been a decrease in the number of suspensions and separations of students from the school. Bullard says that many school officials and teachers outside of South Boston High School are calling the school "a lost cause." Donovan says that the faculty and staff at South Boston High School are committed to educating the students and keeping the school open. Healey says that many people are not aware of the good programs at South Boston High School. He mentions the automotive shop, business courses, and computer courses. Power says that he was quoted in a Boston Herald article that was critical of the school. He says that his quote was taken out of context. He had meant to say that not all of the students are taking full advantage of the programs offered to them; that there are both white and African American students at the school who are not interested in getting an education. Donovan says that the faculty is not ashamed of their school; that Judge Arthur Garrity (federal judge) is among those receiving inaccurate information about the situation at South Boston High School; that Garrity received a letter from the CCC which contained inaccurate information about the school.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/01/1976

South Boston High violence

Description: Marcus Jones reports that Ione Malloy (author and teacher) has written a book about the busing crisis in Boston called Southie Won't Go. Jones notes that Malloy was a teacher at South Boston High School during the busing crisis. He adds that Malloy's book is based on her notes and journal entries from that time. Jones interviews Malloy on the front steps of South Boston High School. Malloy says that she lived in constant fear for her safety during the busing crisis at South Boston High School. She recalls a tense staff meeting in the wake of the stabbing of a white student at the school in 1974. Malloy reads a journal entry written at the time of the stabbing. Malloy says that she wrote about the situation as she experienced it. Malloy adds that students were sacrificed in the name of social ideas during the busing crisis. Jones notes that Malloy does not state her opinions outright in her book. He adds that her point of view comes across through her journal entries. Jones' report is accompanied by footage of school desegregation at South Boston High School in the 1970s.
1:00:05: Visual: Footage of Ione Malloy (author and teacher) being interviewed by Marcus Jones outside of South Boston High School. Malloy says that the children were sacrificed in the name of social ideas. Jones reports that Ione Malloy spoke to him today about her new book, Southie Won't Go. Jones reports that armed troops patrolled South Boston High School during the busing crisis; that students and faculty were in constant fear for their safety. V: Footage of African American students exiting buses outside of South Boston High School. A police officere stands on the school grounds. Footage of Malloy being interviewed by Jones. Malloy says that she was in constant fear during the busing crisis. Malloy that her editors told her that she used the word "afraid" too often in her book. Jones reports that Malloy now teaches at the Boston Latin School. V: Shot of Massachusetts State Troopers standing at the entrance of South Boston High School as students enter. Footage of Malloy being interviewed. Malloy says that students were sometimes too afraid to move from their seats. Jones reports that Malloy says that she has not returned to South Boston High School in nine years. Jones notes that Malloy says that her recollections of the tensions inside the school are still vivid. V: Shots of the exterior of South Boston High School; of Malloy and Jones sitting on the steps of the school. Jones reports that Malloy recalls a heated staff meeting called in response to the stabbing of a white student in December of 1974. Jones notes that the victim's name was Michael Faith. V: Shot of a newspaper article with a headline reading, "Eight South Boston district schools shut down after stabbing, crowd-police clash." Footage of Malloy being interviewed by Jones. Malloy says that an African American teacher stood up at the meeting to say that Faith got what he deserved. Malloy says that a white aide from South Boston stood up to say that the African American teacher should get what he deserves. Malloy says that another African American teacher stood up to say that no one deserves to be stabbed. Malloy says that she was shaking during the meeting. Jones reports that Malloy's work is in the form of a diary; that her book is a condensed version of her original notes. Jones notes that Malloy left out her own personal opinions of the events. V: Shot of Malloy and Jones looking through a scrapbook of newspaper clippings of the busing crisis. Jones reports that Malloy does not state her opinions outright; that her journal entries speak for themselves. V: Footage of Malloy and Jones on the steps of South Boston High School. Malloy reads a journal entry about the stabbing of Faith. Malloy says that writing in her journal was a catharsis at the time. Malloy says that she would like to see justice done by telling the truth of the events as she experienced them. Malloy says that people can compare her account of the events with the rulings and opinions of the court. Shot of Jones and Malloy sitting on the steps of the school.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/21/1986

South Boston High visit

Description: 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).
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/05/1985

South Boston anti-busing photos

Description: 11 B+W wire service photos of South Boston residents opposing busing. Helmet bearing legend "Southie is my home town." Man with loudspeaker in car. Van with sign flipped upside down "Boston Under Siege." "Forced busing? Never!" under three-leaf clover. South Boston Information Center and Home School Association storefront.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/17/1979

South Boston arson

Description: Suspicious fires in South Boston's Lower End. Are they related to oncoming gentrification? City Point. arson (part 1 of 2)
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/05/1987