Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1986-10-03
Duration: 00:03:04

Subject: South Africa - Apartheid; Harvard University; Apartheid - Protests
People: Benz, Dorothee; Dynarski, Susan; Jones, Marcus; MacDougall, Susan; Negroni, Merka; Shultz, George; Vilakazi, Themba;
Geography: Cambridge (Mass.)|South Africa|

Clip Description
Marcus Jones reports that Harvard University will selectively divest from companies doing business in South Africa. Jones notes that anti-apartheid activists are pleased, but that they will continue to push for total divestment. Jones' report includes footage of a small gathering of anti-apartheid activists on the Harvard campus. Themba Vilakazi (African National Congress) talks about Harvard's decision to partially divest. Harvard students Dorothee Benz, Susan Dynarski, and Merka Negroni talk about the need for total divestment. Jones notes that the university adminstration denies that the protesters' actions influenced their decision to divest. Jones' report includes footage from an interview with Roderick MacDougall (Treasurer, Harvard University). MacDougall talks about the decision. Jones' report also includes footage of the US Senate in session, footage of workers in South Africa, and footage of George Shultz (US Secretary of State) visiting Harvard University.

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.

See also: http://main.wgbh.org/ton/programs/4646_02