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Description: "; Judge Arthur Garrity held three school committee members (John Kerrigan, John McDonough, and Paul Ellison) in contempt for refusing to approve the city busing plan. This reel includes b-roll footage of crowds gather in the lobby of the courthouse, excerpts from the school committee meeting in response to the judges order, the school committee's lawyer (Mr. Sullivan) and members of the school committee speaking to the crowd. Reel 2 of 2. See Acc. 2394.00685 "
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/30/1974

FBI

Description: "Leader: "Event #7 P1 Newpher #10841 - 23 Dec 74"; "FBI - Newpher"; FBI investigator James Newpher comments on a plot to blow up bridges going into South Boston and the fire bombing of schools. The motive of the plot was to disrupt the City's busing plan. [Poor image]"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/20/1974

NAACP News conference

Description: "Leader: "P1 NAACP N/C [news conference] #9861 - 6 SEPT 74"; Silent b-roll of NAACP press conference with shots of the audience and the speaker, man speaks about busing and the racial imbalance law and how parents, school children, and school officials need to follow the law. More (unrelated?) silent footage of a man speaking to an audience of mostly while men. United Way, Boston Bruins, and signs behind him."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/06/1974

Bill Owens

Description: Leader: #8 P1 Bill Owens N.C. #10503 11/14/74; Senator William Owens press conference to announce a march and rally against institutionalized racism and to support busing to be held on Boston Commons. Owens speaks to the press about the Boston school committee, racism in education, institutionalized racism, and the planned rally. Silent b-roll of the press conference.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/14/1974

Anti Racist/Union Women N.C.

Description: Woman speaks at a press conference on the need for the Labor Movement to fight against the institutionalized racism in Boston, especially against those opposed to school integration. She encourages people to attend a rally against racism, to be held the next day on the Boston Common. A man from a labor union notes the endorsement of the rally by several higher up in his union. Woman condemns the Boston School Committee, especially Louise Day Hicks and John Kerrigan, for their anti-busing stance, which she says is racist and unfair for black and Latino children. People continue to speak for school integration, voices heard over blank screen. Women hang banner reading, "End Racist Attacks: Coalition of Labor Union Women." Additional silent footage of the press conference. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/13/1974

Racial Imbalance Hearing

Description: The Massachusetts Legislature Joint Committee on Education, including Mel King and Joseph Timilty, holds a hearing on racial imbalance. Board with student statistics in Boston versus the suburbs. Mr. Parks addresses hearing on the differences between urban and suburban communities on school integration. Boston School Committee Chairman John Kerrigan addresses the hearing on racial isolation. Woman addresses the hearing about costs of busing. B-roll of audience at the hearing. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/08/1974

Education

Description: "Leader: "P2 Education N/C #7203 2/3/74"; News conference by the City Wide Educational Coalition on the plan for school integration. They urge anyone with questions about the redistricting plan to contact them and state that they will be an information center for anything related to the busing plan."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/03/1974

Bradford Annex

Description: "Leader:"Bradford Annex - Taibbi #9907 9/12/74"; After parents busing their kids complained about conditions at the William Bradford Annex school in Dorchester there have been updates to the school, but improvements are still needed. Footage of children in the classroom interacting with teachers and arriving at and leaving the school.; Internal and external footage of the William Bradford Annex school. Teachers preparing classrooms and workers fixing the floor; lockers. Reporter voiceover about the children arriving at school. Mike Taibbi reporter standup about the condition of the Dorchester school. Interview with principal Jack Daniels about the improved condition of the school. B-roll of white kids getting off of busses and walking into school; children eating lunch and joking around; closeup of school lunch; children answer questions about the lunch, teachers, and how they feel about the school; children and parents outside the school; black children walking down the street, one girl has a kitten; Pauline Agassizi Shaw School school; man delivers milk to the school; teacher teaching french to a classroom that is half empty; "We care for kids" sign; children in the hallway between classes; cooking food in the school kitchen; kids get on busses; reporter outtakes; police on the sidewalk while kids walk by."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/12/1974

Racial Imbalance Series, pt.1-3

Description: Silent footage of African American children entering school and in a classroom, with mostly African American children and white teachers. A Mattapan family sits around the kitchen table, parents helping son with math homework. Father and mother speak about the changes caused by court ordered busing and their efforts with parent groups in the community. Reporter reasks questions for cutaway edits. Gerald Ford speech, image goes in and out while audio plays. Interview with man about how busing will affect his daughter and his efforts to keep the Lowell School open. Exteriors of a house, neighborhood environs, and closeup on Colorado St. sign. Footage of a young African American girl walking to school. More b-roll of classroom scenes. Students exiting Phineas Bates School building. Construction site (possibly where new school complex will be built). Closeup on Livermore St. sign and Charles Logue School sign. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/15/1974

Metco Sidebar

Description: "Leader: "P1 Metco Sidebar #7007 - 14 Jan 74"; Silent footage of children getting off a bus at John Eliot School. Children play in the snow. Bob Windsor reporter standup about 10 kids who are bussed to Pollard Junior High School in Needham from Boston. Interview with a couple of the children who are bussed. Interview with a woman about Metco and critiques of the busing plan and the need to integrate staff as well as students. B-roll of children getting on busses, busses drive away, interview b-roll. Outtakes include more b-roll, more student interviews, and reporter outtakes."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/14/1974