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White proposes revised charter

Description: Mayor Kevin White holds press conference to propose revised charter for City of Boston: change term of mayor and city council, create 15 at-large school committee seats, have school department report to mayor, have mayor nominate school superintendent.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/03/1976

White supports school committee

Description: Boston School Committee meeting, with Mayor Kevin White in attendance, where he discusses school desegregation and states his support for the recently elected school committee. Says Judge Arthur Garrity should cede some control to that body.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/11/1976

“Fort Devens: the winter experience”

Description: Film transfer of “Fort Devens: the winter experience” (Public Affairs Division of Fort Devens, 1976). Soldiers in white suits on cross-country skis and snowshoes. Practice mountaineering skill on sheer vertical training tower. Submerge in icy water. Combat engineer battalion carves road, makes bridge of timbers, places explosives and detonates. Army Security Training Center students learn electronic warfare and cryptology. Female teacher in uniform. Special forces jump and deploy parachutes. Fort Devens salutes neighboring Littleton and hosts community ski cup race as part of good civic relations.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 1976

“Is School Desegregation Working?”

Description: Debate on the success of school desegregation, moderated by Jim Lehrer. Filmed in the auditorium of Dunbar High School in Washington D.C. Lehrer explains outline and rules for debate. Busing advocates include Arthur Flemming (Chairman of the US Commission on Civil Rights), Murray Saltzman, Frankie Freeman of US Commission on Civil Rights. Flemming begins debate with opening statement by the US Commission on Civil Rights. Lino Graglia of the Neighborhood Schools Association makes opening remark for anti-busing representative group. Sue Mills, Herbert Walberg of Neighborhood Schools Association. Coproduced by WGBH and WETA.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/15/1976

“Phase IIB: It's Up to You”

Description: An overview of the modified (Phase IIB) Boston public schools court ordered desegregation plan: district schools, magnet schools at elementary and middle levels, specialized high school programs, technical and vocational schools. Explanation of the application process and how to indicate choices for focused programs.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/24/1976

“Remember Black Tuesday”

Description: Children play in front of a house with a sign on the door reading "Remember Black Tuesday." The sign is emblematic of resistance to court-ordered busing in Boston. Older sister reads to younger children on steps.
1:00:00: Visual: Three young white children play on the steps of a house. A sign reading "Remember Black Tuesday" is posted on one of the doors. 1:00:34: V: An older white girl reads to two of the children on the steps of the house. Pam Bullard talks to one of the younger children, telling her to stay still for the camera. Close up shots of the younger children.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/09/1976