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Long term deficit

Description: Public policy analyst Joe Slavet says state budget will be in trouble for a long time with or without tax rollback. Students rally against Question 3. CLT ad. Very elderly people in wheelchairs in nursing home.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/24/1990

MCGOVERN, GEORGE

Description: GEORGE MCGOVERN FOR PRESIDENT AD SHOT AT FANEUIL HALL RALLY
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/12/1984

MIT professor James Williams

Description: Carmen Fields reports that Dr. James Williams, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will fast each Wednesday in April outside of the office of the president of MIT. Williams is protesting the lack of diversity among the faculty at MIT. There are fourteen African Americans in a faculty of 900 professors. Interview with Williams, who talks about the role of professors as role models and the need for a diverse faculty. He says that he is trying to encourage minority students to fight for change. Interview with MIT spokesperson Ken Campbell, who talks about the university administration's efforts to hire more minority faculty. This edition of the Ten O'Clock News also included the following item: Meg Vaillancourt reports on the annual Black/Jewish Seder supper
0:59:01: Visual: Footage of Dr. James Williams (professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) being interviewed. Williams says that his mother inspired his current protest actions. Williams talks about his mother as a sensitive and caring person. Carmen Fields reports that Williams will fast and work outside of the office of the president of MIT. V: Shots of the door of the president's office; of Williams working at a table near the door. Footage of Williams being interviewed. Williams says that minority students must act; that minority students must not be discouraged by institutional intransigence. Williams says that minority students must act decisively to effect change. Shot of Williams working at the table outside of the president's office. Fields reports that Williams is an MIT graduate; that Williams is dissatisfied with the lack of African American faculty at the school. Fields notes that there are fourteen African American faculty members in a faculty of 900 professors. V: Shot of a building on the MIT campus. Shot of Williams speaking to a group of students of color. Fields reports that Williams believes that African American students and all students need African American role models. V: Footage of Williams being interviewed. Williams says that he is trying to be a role model for minority students through his protest. Williams says that professors are role models even if they do not want to be. Williams says that professor can choose what kinds of role models to be. Fields reports that MIT believes that Williams has reason to protest. V: Footage of Ken Campbell (MIT spokesperson) being interviewed. Campbell says that the university agrees with Williams; that there are too few minority faculty members. Campbell says that two more African American faculty members have been hired since Dr. Charles Vest (president, MIT) became president of the university. Campbell says that the school needs to make more progress. Fields reports that Williams believes that protest is still necessary. V: Footage of Williams being interviewed. Williams says that people must still act in the face of slow-moving institutions. Williams says that people must not give up in defeat.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/03/1991

MONDALE RALLY

Description: EDWARD KENNEDY, TIP O'NEILL AND WALTER MONDALE SPEAK AT MONDALE RALLY
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/02/1984

MONDALE RALLY

Description: MONDALE RALLY, BANNERS, GREAT CROWD SHOTS, ED ASNER, PETER PAUL & MARY ON BOSTON COMMON
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/02/1984

MONDALE RALLY

Description: WALTER MONDALE RALLY ON BOSTON COMMON. EDWARD KENNEDY AND JOHN KERRY PRESENT, MICHAEL DUKAKIS INTRO.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/02/1984

MONDALE RALLY

Description: WALTER MONDALE RALLY ON BOSTON COMMON. Edward Kennedy, Michael Dukakis, Tip O'Neill, John Kerry, Paul Tsongas, Robert Drinan, Barney Frank, Ray Flynn, Mel King, Chet Atkins, Edward Boland, Gerry Studds, Michael Connolly, Joe Kennedy. Mondale speaks after enthusiastic introductions by fellow Democrats. Mary Travers and Peter Yarrow sing “This Land Is Your Land.”
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/02/1984

MONDALE RALLY

Description: WALTER MONDALE ARRIVES AT HIS BOSTON COMMON RALLY, PAUL TSONGAS SPEAKS
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/02/1984

MONDALE RALLY

Description: WALTER MONDALE RALLY ON BOSTON COMMON. Tip O'Neill, Edward Kennedy, Michael Dukakis, John Kerry.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/02/1984

Mass. Fair Share protest

Description: Mass. Fair Share march in Boston to demand lower or flat electric rates, as proposed on ballot question 7. They protest overwhelming corporate contributions for publicity to defeat the referendum.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/21/1976