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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1988-01-14
Duration: 00:02:33
Subject: South Africa - Apartheid; Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.); African American civil rights
People: Givelber, Daniel; Jones, Marcus; King, Martin Luther, Jr.; Mandela, Nelson; Sanchez, Sonia; Sullivan, Susan;
Geography: South Africa|
Clip Description
Marcus Jones reports on Northeastern University's observation of the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. (American civil rights leader). Jones notes that a ceremony commemorating King's life was held at the university. Jones' report includes footage from the ceremony. Sonia Sanchez (poet and teacher) talks about King. Jones' report also includes footage of King. Jones reports that the highlight of the event was the announcement that the university would award an honorary law degree to Nelson Mandela (jailed South African leader). Jones' report includes footage of Susan Sullivan (Northeastern Law student) making the announcement. Jones interviews Daniel Givelber (Dean, Northeastern University School of Law) about the decision to award a degree to Mandela. Jones notes that the university trustees overturned a policy which required recipients of degrees to pick them up in person. Jones's report is accompanied by footage of Mandela.
This edition of the Ten O'Clock News also included the following item:
David Scondras, Charles Yancey and Ray Flynn: Boston City Council makes fair housing policy
Boston City Council makes fair housing policy
Series Description
A local program aimed at the Boston audience, The Ten O'Clock News debuted on January 15, 1976. Its two immediate predecessors were The Reporters and Evening Compass. A news and public affairs show focusing on neighborhood, local and state issues, The Reporters was produced and broadcast on WGBH from 1970 to 1973. The Reporters was then replaced by Evening Compass, which expanded into a twice-nightly news broadcast during the tense moments of Boston's busing crisis. On the air from 1973 to 1975, Evening Compass found an audience through its in-depth coverage of school desegregation in Boston, which began in 1974. The Ten O'Clock News stood out as an in-depth news program. It strove for a balance between local and national stories, between politics and the Arts. The last The Ten O'Clock News program was broadcast on May 30, 1991.
