Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1985-08-08
Duration: 00:19:27

Subject: Apartheid - Protests
People: Bolling, Bruce; King, Mel;
Geography: South Africa|

Clip Description
A group of apartheid protesters are gathered at Copley Square for an anti-apartheid march. Protesters hold banners and signs. Protest leaders address the crowd through a microphone. They organize the marchers and condemn apartheid. Mel King (community activist) arrives at the march. The protesters begin to march down Boyleston Street, away from Copley Square. A struggle breaks out between two marchers. One of the marchers carries an anti-semitic sign. A police officer separates the marchers. The marcher with the anti-semitic sign continues to march. The protesters chant as they march onto City Hall Plaza. Police officers and bystanders watch the protesters as they gather. A group of protesters chants vehemently as they surround the man with the anti-semitic sign. The protesters attempt to cover over his sign with their own signs. A few protesters confront the man. The larger group of protesters at the plaza continues to chant and wave their signs. A protest leader addresses the crowd about the need for US citizens to protest apartheid. The man with the anti-semitic sign attempts to drown out the speaker by singing "God Bless America" at the top of his lungs. Bruce Bolling (President, Boston City Council) addresses the crowd. He begins to chant in order to drown out the singing. The crowd chants along with Bolling. A protest leader condemns apartheid in her address to the crowd.

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.

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