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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1986-10-15
Duration: 00:02:06
Subject: South Africa - Apartheid; Apartheid - Protests; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
People: Correia, John; Katz, Phil; King, Mel; Parsons, John; Vaillancourt, Meg;
Geography: Cambridge (Mass.)|South Africa|
Clip Description
Meg Vaillancourt reports on the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Endowment for Divestiture, created by MIT faculty and alumni who oppose the university's continued investment in South Africa. Vaillancourt's report includes footage from a press conference with Mel King (MIT Professor and community activist), Phil Katz (MIT), and John Correia (MIT). Vaillancourt reports that the Endowment for Divestiture will be turned over to the MIT general fund when the university has divested completely from South Africa. Vaillancourt notes that the university has partially divested from South Africa. Vaillancourt's report includes footage of John Parsons (Trustee for the Endowment for Divestment) saying that the alternative endowment will be soundly invested in companies not doing business in South Africa. Vaillancourt's report also features footage of workers and laborers in South Africa.
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.
