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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1983-11-06
Duration: 00:20:52
Subject: African American women
People: King, Joyce; King, Mel; Lydon, Christopher;
Geography: South End (Boston, Mass.)|
Clip Description
Christopher Lydon interviews Joyce King (wife of Mel King) in her home. They discuss Mel King's experiences as a social worker. Joyce King says that Mel King started out as a street corner social worker; that Mel King has the ability to listen and talk to people. Joyce King talks about the Kings' life in the Settlement House in the South End and Mel King's involvement in the community. Lydon asks about the controversy between Mel King and the United South End Settlements (USES). Joyce King says that Mel King's loyalties lay with the community instead of USES. Joyce King talks about her experiences growing up in an ethnically diverse neighborhood in Boston. Lydon asks about Mel King's decision to leave social work for politics. Joyce King says that Mel King does not consider politics to be greatly different from social work; she adds that Mel King sees politics as a form of community activism. Joyce King talks about her relationship with Mel King.
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.
