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Roxbury College Parley

Description: Leader: P2 Roxbury College Parley #6847 12/21/73; Meeting between the Roxbury College Board and the staff and students to address questions about the firing of College President Lawrence Johnson. Excerpts from the meeting and silent b-roll of the audience. Board Chairman William Dwyer describes the firing of Johnson. Johnson, in the audience, responds to the Board's account. Audience members ask questions.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/21/1973

Roxbury Community College

Description: "Leader: "P2 Roxbury Com. College 12/19/73 #6826"; A member of the Roxbury Community College school board states that they no longer had confidence in President Lawrence Johnson and offered him the chance to resign. Interview with a black student about standing with Dr. Johnson. Dr. Johnson speaks to the press about being fired without cause. Silent b-roll of the news conference. A woman lists her reasons for supporting Dr. Johnson and why the decision of the board needs to be reversed. Interview with a representative of the school board about their decision to fire the president. More from the students who support Dr. Johnson. Dr. Johnson discusses the barriers that black students face."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/19/1973

Sargent Jobs Plan

Description: Leader: P2 Sarge Jobs Plan #7296 7/9/74; Governor Francis Sargent speaks at a hearing before the legislative Committee on Urban Affairs about his recently proposed economic program that would free housing construction funds and create jobs. Interview with Joseph Timilty about Sargent's plan. Silent b-roll of the hearing followed by more of Sargent's testimony and more of the interview with Timilty. Another man testifies about housing.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/09/1974

South End Crime Meeting

Description: Leader: P1 South End Crime Meeting #7081 1/22/74; Police Commissioner Robert diGrazia answers questions about crime from community members at the South End Library. Arch Macdonald reporter standup. Interview with diGrazia and b-roll footage from the meeting. More of diGrazia answering questions and speaking to the audience at the meeting.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/22/1974

Springfield Busing

Description: "Leader: "P2 Springfield Busing 8/29/74 #9754 2 of 2"; Interview with a man (Dr. Dedee?) about the possible delay in the opening of school, and a woman on her expectations for busing program. Silent b-roll of men and students bringing desks, books, chairs, and other school supplies into a school; women in an office processing paperwork; black kids playing basketball; exterior footage of a school and Springfield streets; interview b-roll; parked school buses; white kids playing football in school parking lot. More of the interview with man about school integration in Springfield, and interview with a woman about history of school integration in Springfield (image unstable)."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/29/1974

Sumner School

Description: Leader: P1 Sumner School #7241 2/6/74; Boston school committee meeting. Silent b-roll of the meeting mixed with sound footage of comments from the audience and committee members about modifications to the racial imbalance plan. Silent footage of children leaving school; exterior of the Charles Sumner school; parents wait on the sidewalk for school to end. CU of a letter from Mayor Kevin White. More footage of the committee meeting.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/06/1974

Taibbi in North Carolina with HP students

Description: Leader: P1 Taibbi in North Carolina with HP students #10278 10/22/74; People in an airport hold up signs welcoming Bostonians. Kids exit a school bus and walk toward a school. Students in class. Mike Taibbi reporter voiceover about students from Hyde Park High School in Boston visiting West Charlotte High School in North Carolina. Interview with Charlotte students about when their school was integrated a couple years ago. A group of students exit an airplane and are greeted with signs in the airport. School buses arrive at West Charlotte High School; students enter school. Interview with Mr. Russo about long school bus routes. Students from Hyde Park ask Charlotte students questions about their integration experience. More of the interview with a West Charlotte student. Group discussion with students about integration. CU of a homemade pin on a student that reads We Love You Bostonians.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/22/1974

Teacher's Strike

Description: Leader: P2 Teacher's Strike #9659 8/15/74; Mary McKay reporter voiceover about teacher contract negotiations. A representative from the teacher's union speaks to reporters about the possibility of a teacher strike. Reporter standup in front of the Charles Mackey School. Silent b-roll of the news conference, chairs in storage at a school, and an empty shop classroom. Interview with school committee chair John J. Kerrigan. More silent b-roll. Footage of the Boston Teacher's Union press conference and more of the interview with Kerrigan. Reporter outtakes.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/15/1974

Tennis Arthur Ash

Description: Leader: P1 Tennis Arthur Ashe #9686 8/19/74; Interview with tennis player Arthur Ashe. Bill O'Connell reporter standup at the US Pro Tennis Championships as Longwood. Silent footage of the crowd and Ashe playing tennis. More of the Ashe interview and reporter outtakes. Footage of Dean Martin Jr. at the Tennis Championships. More footage of Ashe and the crowd.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/19/1974

Titicut Follies

Description: Interview with Dr. Alexander on his reaction to the Frederick Wiseman film, Titicut Follies, which he thinks is a genuine depiction of severe mental illness. He discusses censorship of the film. Following the interview there is silent b-roll of the Suffolk County Court House, Superior Court chambers, and court room scenes of the hearings about Titicut Follies.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 11/1967