Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1987-04-17
Duration: 00:04:49

People: Cartier-Bennia, Denise; Vaillancourt, Meg;

Clip Description
Meg Vaillancourt reports that a disproportionate number of African Americans have been infected with the HIV/AIDS virus. Vaillancourt notes that the higher rates of transmission in the African American community are due to behavioral factors. Vaillancourt analyzes the differences in AIDS transmission between the white community and the African American community. Vaillancourt's report includes footage of Denise Cartier-Bennia giving a talk on AIDS in the African American community. Cartier-Bennia talks about the need to educate people about AIDS. Vaillancourt quotes statistics concerning HIV/AIDS infection rates. Vaillancourt's report is accompanied by footage of African American residents of Roxbury and footage from interviews with people on the street.

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/5014_01