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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1985-04-04
Duration: 00:14:31
Subject: South Africa - Apartheid; Harvard University; Apartheid - Protests
People: Bozzotto, Domenic; Jackson, Jesse; Mandela, Nelson; Tutu, Desmond;
Geography: Cambridge (Mass.)|South Africa|
Clip Description
Jesse Jackson addresses a crowd from a podium in front of Memorial Church at Harvard University. Domenic Bozzotto (labor leader) and others are seated behind Jackson. Jackson speaks against apartheid in South Africa. He talks about the leadership of black South African leaders Bishop Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela. Jackson says that the United States must cut ties with the racist South African regime. Jackson talks about the evils of apartheid and compares the South African government to the Third Reich in Germany. Jackson calls for Harvard and other institutions to divest from South Africa. Jackson says that Harvard's policies lend support and credibility to the South African government. Jackson talks about the need for the US to impose economic sanctions on South Africa; he adds that the western world must take a stand against apartheid. Jackson says that the US must fund the black resistance instead of the South African government. Jackson encourages the audience to do their part in the fight against apartheid.
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.
